25 November RSS SnapShot! Pt 1

RSS Feed Results from Opit's LinkFest! at  My Opera

IPS - Inter Press Services

• Colombia Tests Forage Crops Against Climate Change
  Colombia, with 24 million head of cattle, is showcasing two advances towards reducing the 13 percent of climate-changing gas emissions attributed to livestock production around the world.
• UGANDA: ICT Boom for Economy, A Bust for Some Wome ...
  The rapid growth of the ICT market in Uganda has been greeted with optimism over its potential to boost the country's development. But less attention is being paid to the increase in gender based violence due to the use of information and communications technology.
• RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: For Women, Cyber Crimes Are All T ...
  The Grade 10 student was first drugged, and then four men raped her. The group then apparently tried to extort money from her family. When the family filed a complaint with the police instead, the extortionists in October then posted a cellphone video of her whole ordeal on the Internet.
• CHINA: ‘Hukou' Registration System Trips Ove ...
  Yu Mengxiang is a 24-year-old office manager at a foreign company in Beijing. Although he looks and acts like a typical urban male, his household registration – or ‘hukou' – is in a village in north-east Liaoning province, which means he isn't entitled to government benefits in the capital ...
• U.S.-KOREAS: Hawks, Doves Aflutter Over Pyongyang' ...
  Given all the other foreign policy challenges he is dealing with, the last thing U.S. President Barack Obama needed three weeks after Republicans swept mid-term elections was the outbreak of a major new crisis on the Korean Peninsula.

Scoop - NZ

• Krugman: There Will Be Blood
  Former Senator Alan Simpson is a Very Serious Person. He must be - after all, President Obama appointed him as co-chairman of a special commission on deficit reduction. So here's what the very serious Mr. Simpson said on Friday: "I can't wait for the blood bath in April. ... When debt limit t ...
• FBI Raids Three Hedge Funds Amid Insider-Trading C ...
  Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided the offices of three hedge funds as part of a high-profile insider-trading investigation, and more could be on the way, according to people familiar with the matter. The offices of Diamondback Capital Management LLC and Level Global Investors LP were ra ...
• Call Their Bluff, Mr. President
  Will President Obama cave on yet another of his campaign promises, this time by giving in to Republican demands to extend all of the temporary Bush tax cuts? The president signaled this on his Asia trip when he said his principal concern was retaining the middle-income tax rates. Republican congres ...
• Sth. Korea fired first
  "The skirmish began when North Korea warned the South to halt military drills near their sea border, according to South Korean officials. When Seoul refused and began firing artillery into disputed waters - but away from the North Korean shore - the North retaliated by shelling the small island ...
• 29 miners still missing after explosion
  Far from being a random or natural catastrophe, the information that is emerging points to the explosion at the Pike River Coal mine, like recent mine disasters in the US, Chile and China, being the result of entirely man-made factors: the compromising and sacrifice of miners' health and safety on t ...

Independent - London

• Recovery of miners' bodies may take months
  Recovering the bodies of 29 miners, including two Britons, presumed dead in the New Zealand mine tragedy may not start for months because of toxic gas levels, a British High Commissioner said today.
• China premier urges restriant over Korea tensions
  China's premier called on all sides to exert "maximum restraint" over renewed tension on the Korean peninsula, adding that Beijing opposes military provocations in any form.
• Euro Q&A: How did it come to this – and what happe ...
  Q: Why is the euro threatened?
• DeLay faces years in prison for illicit funding of ...
  Tom Delay, once the Majority Leader in the US House of Representatives and scourge of the Democrats in Washington, was facing a lengthy prison sentence last night after a jury convicted him of funnelling illicit corporate money to Republican candidates in his native Texas.
• DeLay faces years in prison for illicit finding of ...
  Tom Delay, once the Majority Leader in the US House of Representatives and scourge of the Democrats in Washington, was facing a lengthy prison sentence last night after a jury convicted him of funnelling illicit corporate money to Republican candidates in his native Texas.

Rogue Government.com

• China And Russia To Quit Dollar
• Israel army using Facebook to rumble draft-dodgers
  An Israeli infantry soldier takes part in a drill simulating a combat mission at the Israeli army base of Elyakim, in the center of Israel. The Israeli army is using Facebook to expose women who evade military service by pretending to be religious, the Jerusalem Post has reported.
• Forecasting Cancun's Climate Change Talks
  Representatives of 194 countries will gather in Cancun, Mexico, on November 29 for the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of Parties (known as COP16), part of the UN Climate Change Conference.
• Afghanistan Has Been Having Peace Talks With a Fak ...
  Did you hear about the secret talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban aimed at ending the War in Afghanistan? Well, it turns out the "senior commander" the Afghan government was meeting with... wasn't.
• Children 'to be hit by IMF plans'
  Thousands of children will be hungry and cold if the Government rolls out cost-cutting plans signed off by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it has been claimed.

Innovation Canada

• When good stress turns bad
  Everyone experiences stress, whether it’s dealing with day-to-day annoyances, such as traffic jams or machines that just won’t work, or with truly life-altering events, such as the death of a loved one, a divorce or the loss of a job. Whatever the trigger, the initial response by the body and the br ...
• Blowin’ in the wind
• Studying sturgeon
  It can live 150 years, can grow up to six metres long and has not changed in more than 100 million years. The white sturgeon, North America’s largest freshwater fish, is also in such critical decline from overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction that many remaining populations have been declar ...
• Talking Fish
  When the Atlantic cod fishery was closed in 1992, politicians and fishermen assumed the stock would recover and the bounty of fish would return to Newfoundland within a decade. But almost 20 years later, cod stocks remain low, and scientists are still trying to determine exactly why.The cod saga is ...
• Bridge Building
  You’ve seen them, driven over them, walked through them, but you’ve probably never given them a second thought. Yet culverts — those corrugated steel arches buried under roads that allow rivers and streams, vehicles, people and animals to pass through — are a critical piece of infrastructure that we ...

Signs of the times

• Opt-outs Largely No-Shows at Airports
  The controversy over new security measures at airport checkpoints -- which some feared would boil over Wednesday, one of the year's busiest travel days -- instead didn't even reach a simmer. Critics had declared the day before Thanksgiving "National Opt-Out Day" and urged travelers selected to unde ...
• Indonesian Volcano Death Toll Rises To 324
  The number of people killed in recent eruptions of Indonesia's most volatile volcano has risen to 324, according to an official. Syamsul Maarif of Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday the official death toll from Mount Merapi's eruptions rose after some victims succumbed ...
• Canada: Don't Pardon Sex Offenders: Sheldon Kenned ...
  Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy has told a parliamentary committee that pedophiles cannot be rehabilitated and should never be pardoned. Kennedy helped convict his former junior hockey coach, Graham James, of hundreds of sex assaults and has since become an advocate for young victims. The form ...
• Canada: Man Charged in Vancouver Hostage-taking
  A man arrested after taking a three-year-old boy hostage at a Vancouver community centre on Tuesday night is facing five charges. Kyle Hepworth Jackson, 24, of no fixed address, is charged with taking a hostage, aggravated assault, unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon and possession of a d ...
• Hunt Is On for Radioactive Mouse
  US authorities are on the hunt for a radioactive mouse living in the grounds of a historic nuclear weapon production plant. Radioactive mouse droppings were discovered in the grounds of the Hanford nuclear plant in Washington state. It comes two weeks after a radioactive rabbit was captured on the ...

The Galloping Beaver

• Campbell, I believe that's a live grenade up your ...
  Mark Hume at the Globe and Mail takes Laila Yule's research out into the light. He gets some very strange answers on the shadow tolls on the Sea to Sky highway. In the end however: Peter Milburn, deputy minister of Transportation, said “shadow toll” is not a term he would use. But he acknowledge ...
• An American Thanksgiving Classic
  Happy Thanksgiving to friends in the states. Remember... the TSA wants you to piss on their hands. Driftglass is running an American Thanksgiving Classic today.
• Patrick Ross and the Cost of Malicious Defamation
  In the wake of what can truly be called a fail worthy of epic as a descriptor, it should be interesting to chart the fallout from the case against Patrick Ross. Having been found to have acted with malice in a protracted campaign of defamation, the ruling orders Ross to remove any and all blog posts ...
• Meeting Abousfian Abdelrazik
  Last night I met Abousfian Abdelrazik and heard him tell his story from the early CSIS harrassment in Canada, to the torture and imprisonment he faced in Sudan at the behest of the Canadian government, and his current woes in having himself removed from the United Nations 1267 list. I then had the d ...
• Oh my my.
  Nuked by hizzown word and deed. Might I suggest renaming it "Nexus of Libel."

Media Matters for America

• Fox continues its all-out assault on the Dream Ac ...
  Continuing its assault on the Dream Act, Fox News has repeatedly attacked and pushed falsehoods about the bill, which would provide a path to legal status for certain immigrants who came to the United States as children.Dobbs falsely claims Dream Act "permits those who have avoided their deporta ...
• Beck tells audience to ruin Thanksgiving dinner w ...
  While advising his Fox News viewers to talk about inflation at their Thanksgiving dinners, Glenn Beck falsely claimed that the government removed food and energy prices from its measure of inflation to hide rising prices, that a survey showed economists are "worried" about inflation, and that S ...
• "I say nuke 'em": Conservatives bang the drum for ...
  Following a North Korean attack on a South Korean island, conservative voices have appeared on air and online to promote the use of U.S. strikes against North Korea. Right-wing media: Act "like a superpower" and attack North Korea Scheuer implores U.S. to act "like a superpower" and "destroy" Nor ...
• Predictable: Right-wing media respond to Park51 g ...
  The right-wing media responded to reports that the Park51 project is applying for a federal grant with anti-Islamic smears and baseless accusations.Right-wing resort to Islamophobia in Park51 grant reaction Geller: "Jihadist Developers of Ground Zero Mosque Hit Up 9/11 Fund to Rebuild Lower Ma ...
• Fox News hosts tell Buffett to "quit lecturing" t ...
  Fox News figures seized on Warren Buffett's comment that "people at the high end -- people like myself -- should be paying a lot more in taxes" to attack him and other millionaires who support ending the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy. Fox has repeatedly defended the tax cuts for the wealth ...

Global Research.ca

• Message from Michel Chossudovsky: Dear Readers, We ...
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
• NATO making Russia 'subservient'
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
• NATO, The World's Gendarme, A Military Mafia
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
• The Food Safety Modernization Act: The US Governme ...
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
• Corporate Manipulation and Indoctrination of Ameri ...
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

TPM Cafe

• This Thanksgiving, Looking Back at George Washingt ...
  I know it sounds really corny, but this Thanksgiving, I'm grateful that George Washington was our first President -- and that Barack Obama who like GW can be austere and seemingly distant from common folks but yet is smart and chameleon-like in his ability to forge compromises can still get a great ...
• Is Wall Street Socially Useful?
  The New Yorker's John Cassidy got a fair amount of attention this week when he quoted the Chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority as saying that much of Wall Street is engaged in "socially useless activity". John Mack the President of Morgan Stanley counters that that Wall Street is criti ...
• Obama's Humiliating Offer To Netanyahu
  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government has repeatedly treated even the most polite requests to live up to its international commitments (i.e., freezing settlements) with contempt. So now the Obama administration has escalated from simple requests to a version of "pretty please, with a cherry ...
• Wash Post Loses Mind: New Hire Not Just A Neocon.. ...
  Politico reports that the Washington Post has just hired Jennifer Rubin from Commentary as a new political writer. I never heard of her until she wrote an insane piece calling Jews horrible snobs and elitists for not adoring Sarah Palin. She added that Jews don't like Palin because her son, Tra ...
• Richard Kauffman's Speech
  Richard Kauffman (Professor, Yale School of Management; Former CEO, Good Energies; Former Partner, Goldman Sachs) gave a fantastic speech at the Coalition for Green Capital's "Future of Energy Reform" conference last week, I've included the text of the speech below. Visit www.coalitionforgreencapita ...

TruthOut

• Tom DeLay Found Guilty of Money Laundering, Conspi ...
  Former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was found guilty by a Texas jury Wednesday of money laundering and conspiracy related to campaign contributions he funneled to Texas candidates during the 2002 elections. A jury of six men and six women delibertated for 19 hours before returning a ...
• Cranks Resist Security at Airports - and in the Se ...
  To paraphrase that cult movie classic, "Eating Raoul," frisk me, pat me down, make me write bad checks. If it keeps my flight from falling out of the sky, do what you must. Just don't expect breakfast in the morning and a thank you note.read more
• Blueprint for a One-State Movement
  An excerpt from Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians, by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé, edited by Frank Barat The demise of the Oslo Accord at the very beginning of the twenty-first century gave special impetus to the old/new idea of a one-state solution. It seems to b ...
• Pot Luck? Arizona Approves Medical Marijuana Amid ...
  The beleaguered state of Arizona has just concluded one of the most lopsided elections in state history, in which Republicans captured every statewide office, seven of ten Congressional seats, and three-quarter supermajorities in both legislative bodies. Conservatives took most of the local and muni ...
• Dennis Kucinich: Fake Taliban Leader, Fake Electio ...
  Editor's Note: This is taken from a press release from Congressman Dennis Kucinich, a leading voice for peace in congress. -mr/to Afghanistan War, Nightmare without End for Troops, Innocent Civilians and US Taxpayers Washington D.C. (November 23, 2010) - Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich, a leading p ...

Planetsave

• False Conclusions Made Regarding Climate Change Me ...
  Media sites around the web were buzzing last week about a study that supposedly found that scary doom-and-gloom talk about global warming was counterproductive. I had some concerns about this “finding” when I saw the headlines popping up and assumed this was probably a generalization we shouldn’t be ...
• Climate Science Rapid Response Team Launched
  There is so much manipulation of climate science in the media and by special interest groups or companies opposed to transformation of our energy, transportation, and agricultural systems that the American public are completely clueless or confused about the matter and the U.S. is close to last (if ...
• Bicycle Composting and Recycling Service in Philad ...
  A couple months ago I wrote about a cool bicycle composting service in St. Paul, Minnesota. Here’s a similar bike composting and recycling service in Philadelphia, the Pedal Co-Op. âMotivated by their love of bike culture and the environment, this enterprising group has built a cooperative business ...
• The Carbon Family: Carbon Components and Their Rel ...
  This is a special guest post from D. Salmons of TestFreaks, where you can find everything from the best lcd tv to videogame reviews. Carbon is all around us, and it is a basic requirement for life as we know it. Everything now alive on the earth is impacted by carbon, and life could not... Read More ...
• Satellites Reveal Rising Seas
  New measurements from a pair of satellites nicknamed Tom and Jerry have provided a first time look into the planet’s average ocean level increase. Measuring gravity everywhere around the globe, Tom and Jerry have provided researchers with data showing that the annual world average sea level rise is ...

Water Quality - WordPress

• Sustainability, a 6 syllable word
  In our age of commodities, convenience and consumerism it is not surprising that the multi-syllable
• Water Infrastructure Projects Designated in EPA Ap ...
  Congressional Research Service http://opencrs.com/document/RL32201/ Information on the programmatic
• Give thanks for what we do and do not have
  Will Hoyer My job here at IPP requires me to think a lot about water. Iowa does not have a reputatio
• Wetlands society to hold family day (DScene, 24 No ...
  Wetlands Society Family Day Wetlands society to hold family day MICHAEL BEAUMONT DScene 24 Nov 2010
• November 2010 monitoring
  November 10 – beautiful fall weather, if slightly warmer than normal for this time of year.  N

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

• Response to Gary North: QE2 IS the Populist Soluti ...
  by Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com November 25, 2010 Gary North, who purpo
• The plot thickens over Viktor Bout’s US extraditio ...
  By Jerry Mazza Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at Online Journal www.jerrymazza.com Nov.
• U.S. Recruits Russia As Junior Partner To Maintain ...
  by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism N
• The National Security State and the Assassination ...
  by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad November 24, 2010 Image by Jesse757 via Fli
• Is Anti-Semitism More Acceptable Than Criticizing ...
  by Sean Fenley Featured Writer Dandelion Salad The Anything and Everything Nov. 24, 2010 Glenn Beck

Axis of Logic

• U.S. : Fast food, fat profits - Health/Medicine
  One out of every three Americans is obese, but food revolutions are underway and some are fighting back. Obesity in America has reached a crisis point. Two out of every three Americans are overweight, one out of every three is obese. One in three are expected to have diabetes by. ...
• Daily aspirin dose 'for everyone over 45' - Health ...
  Everyone aged over 45 should consider a small daily dose of aspirin to help protect themselves against heart disease and cancer, a panel of experts suggested yesterday. Evidence is building that the benefits for many healthy middle-aged and older people “far outweigh” the side effects, a ...
• Let Loose the Coyotes? Chicago Embraces Rat-Huntin ...
  [A coyote] was caught on video running loose in the middle of Chicago at 3:00 am on Monday morning. The police didn’t seem to know what it was doing there, but Brad Block, a supervisor for the Chicago Commission on Animal Care and Control told Chicago Breaking News that the coyote ...
• Texas priest accused of trying to hire hit man - C ...
  This Nov. 18, 2010 photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Department shows John Fiala. Fiala, a former Roman Catholic priest charged with sexually abusing a teenage boy in 2008 in his rural Texas parish is now accused of plotting the alleged victim's murder, authorities said. (AP Photo/Dallas ...
• In The Wealthiest County In The U.S., Food Banks S ...
  So the amoral Republican "patriots" are doing everything they can to block more unemployment extensions, and they'll probably be successful. (All I can say is, I sometimes dream of guillotines.) But if you have anything left to spare, please consider a donation of food or money to your local foo ...

They Gave Us a Republic

• Tea Party the "Misery Loves Company" Movement
  Imagine a political movement driven by the simple dynamic that misery loves company. How many people do you know who are proud they graduated from the School of Hard Knocks and wish their alumni association was bigger? Listening to people who boast of how they suffered but survived you begin to real ...
• Holiday Hope for Your Liberal Soul
  Yeah, yeah, it's a liberal Rob Reiner fantasy, but today - just as it did in 1995 - it speaks to the still-unrealized desperate need for a leader who will speak liberal reality to conservative lies. Wallow in it all you like. �Then start working toward making it come true. Full text here, and my ch ...
• The Nightowl Newswrap
  A double triumph for the U.S. justice system: pirates foreign and domestic convicted.A Texas jury surprises us by finding The Hammer guilty, then this: "Five young Somali men face life in prison after being convicted of piracy in the April attack on a US Navy ship. Prosecutors said the men attacked ...
• Will Roy visit Tom in prison?
  February 2010: Blunt Launches "K Street Jobs Tour"... Fun for the Whole Family! ...Discover how Roy Blunt became a leading K Street acolyte and a star pupil of Tom DeLay's, learning the art of deal-making, back-slapping, and go-along-to-get-along politics that have served him so well for the last ...
• Gee, I Wonder If There's A Connection?
  From The Raw Story: �Corporate America has best quarter in US history as real unemployment rate soars The only thing that might be even remotely surprising about that headline is that anyone could conceivably find it surprising. �The vampire squid never sleeps after all... nor does it share in the h ...

Care 2

• Tiger Summit 2010: 13 Nations Sign Declaration To ...
  The number of tigers worldwide has plunged some 95 per cent over the past century, to just 3,200 tigers living in the wild. The Global Tiger Recovery Program estimates the 13 nations countries will need about $350 million in outside funding in the first Submitted by Simone D. to Animals �|� �Note-i ...
• Lions released in Karoo National Park after 170 ye ...
  Lions were released in Karoo National Park near Beaufort West this month for the first time for nearly 170 years. According to records, the last wild lion was shot at the nearby settlement of Leeu-Gamka in 1842. Historical evidence of lion occurrence Submitted by Simone D. to Offbeat �|� �No ...
• Tribute to Turkeys, November 24, 2010
  Just yesterday, I watched our turkey Amelia scoot Bisquet the rooster away from her peas. Each time Bisquet tried to get a beak in edgewise, Amelia informed him, in no uncertain terms, �No!� I�d poured the peas out on the ground, especially for Amelia, Submitted by Simone D. to Offbeat �|� �Note-it ...
• Until We Meet Again: Giving Thanks to the American ...
  Once upon a time, a cowboy saved my life. I think of him in certain moments, at the sight of red rocks, for instance, or the hint of a desert storm. Now, the time has come to tell his story. He wasn�t named Ike, Rowdy, or Dad, but he was named Tex, and Submitted by Simone D. to Offbeat �|� �Note-it ...
• Third Tiger Killed as Tiger Summit Closes in St. P ...
  Less than a fortnight since a tiger was poached in the Russian Far East and another found poisoned in north India, IFAW reports that a third wild tiger was killed yesterday in the northeast Indian state of Assam. The incidents highlight two of theSubmitted by Simone D. to Offbeat �|� �Note-i ...

Smirking Chimp

• Rape My Brain But Don't Touch My Junk: Why TSA Mol ...
• Bush Gloats Over Dan Rather's Ouster
• Fact: Tina Fey Was Right About Palin and the Rape ...
• Protest the TSA: Go naked!
• 'Tis the Season to be the Chief Mama Grizzly.' Pal ...

Paul Krugman

• Wednesday for Thursday
  Happy turkey!
• Devaluing History
  Don't know much about Britain, Sweden, Korea, Argentina ....
• Lands of Ice and Ire
  Ire is dire, ice is nicer.
• Erruh in duh Noo Yawk Times
  Jeet?
• Sabotaging QE
  Undermining Bernanke's credibility: it works!

No Quarter

• Is The HRC Bullying Willow Palin?
  * Bumped Up * You may have heard about a recent outbreak of trash-talking on Facebook between Willow Palin and a young man who allegedly went to school where the Palins do, Tre. Tre was talking smack about Willow’s mom after the premier of the TLC show, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” (Palin’s show was the ...
• Thanksgiving Eve Open Thread
  We at No Quarter wish you a wonderful day with all who you love (and, well, those you have to tolerate) … and now, because political maneuverings and machinations never stop, neither shall we … Let’s call the first entry the “OY!” entry because ThinkProgress dares to attack Sarah Palin for a misstat ...
• Home Depot Nukes
  � North Korean provocation is well known to the South Koreans and to US players, but the announcement was not useful. Recall the report of a release of xenon gas in the DMZ atmosphere last May? Likely connected to the secret facility. Who paid for the centrifuges? Best guess is Tehran, which uses No ...
• Is The HRC Bullying Willow Palin?
  You may have heard about a recent outbreak of trash-talking on Facebook between Willow Palin and a young man who allegedly went to school where the Palins do, Tre. Tre was talking smack about Willow’s mom after the premier of the TLC show, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” (Palin’s show was the most watched p ...
• Bad Luck Cadet #5 – Being Late Will Get You Fired
  This is the fifth post in a series on my misadventures in becoming a police officer. The story began with  Accidents Happen. I became a police officer while suffering a midlife crisis in my forties. I became a detective a few years later. Crime in my small town skyrocketed when I hit the streets. My ...

Environmental Graffiti

• How Liquid Solar Power Could be Piped into Your Ho ...
  Solar power as it exists today can be cumbersome and unwieldy. However, a new form of technology could see liquid power being piped right into your home! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• Was Evolution Kickstarted by Alien Life?
  Could the first life forms on Earth have originated from other, older planets orbiting long lost stars? read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• Metaphorical Realist Art by Vladimir Kush
  A russian artist with a wonderful imagination and a great eye for detail, Vladimir Kush certainly knows how to produce eye-popping works of truly unforgettable art. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
• 10 Beautiful But Dangerously Toxic Caterpillars
  Butterflies and moths can be truly beautiful, and the same is true of the young versions, namely caterpillars, though some are quite dangerous if you should touch them. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the artic ...
• Six Flags New Orleans: The Theme Park Devastated b ...
  The escape to fantasyland and the enchanting magic of riders’ thrilled screams have not echoed through the deserted park for more then five years now. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

Foreign Policy in Focus

• Pivotal Election in Okinawa
  Okinawans are going to the polls to register their opposition to a military base plan supported by both Tokyo and Washington.
• After Attacks on Iraqi Christians, Kurd Authoritie ...
  Suspicion has been cast on Kurdish-dominated security forces offering sanctuary to Iraqi Christians.
• The New War Congress: An Obama-Republican War Alli ...
  To understand just how bad the 112th Congress, elected on November 2nd and taking office on January 3rd, is likely to be for peace on Earth, one has to understand how incredibly awful the 110th and 111th Congresses have been during the past four years and then measure the ways in which things are li ...
• Mexico: Pact with the Devil?
  Will the next Mexican leader make a pact with drug traffickers?
• No Sykes-Picot, No Holocaust?
  If the British and French hadn't appropriated the Ottoman Empire, the Holocaust might have been averted.

Global Elite

• Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K Gov ...
  Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there will be c ...
• President European Commission Advocated World Gove ...
  Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International Affa ...
• Billions of People Expected to Die Under Current C ...
  Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in the d ...
• Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of a G ...
  Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare progr ...
• Today we’re all prisoners in the USA
  Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’s p ...

Al Jazeera

• China urges restraint over Koreas
  Premier Wen Jiabao calls for "maximum restraint" over Korea tensions as South Korean minister announces resignation.
• Cambodia PM leads stampede memorial
  Officials say rumours that a bridge was about to collapse caused the panic in which 347 people were killed.
• NZ bid on to recover miners' bodies
  National day of mourning declared as officials warn recovery of 29 bodies from coalmine may take weeks.
• Iraq PM sworn in for second term
  Nouri al-Maliki has 30 days to form a new cabinet and end an eight-month political impasse since March elections.
• US braces for new WikiLeaks release
  Whistle-blowing website prepares to release sensitive US diplomatic files that may harm relations with some countries.

Green Inc. - NYT

• A Reprieve for Missing 9/11 Plaintiffs
  A federal judge appoints a lawyer to help locate and brief people who may want to opt into a settlement of health claims, even though a deadline has passed.
• World 'Dangerously Close' to Food Crisis, U.N. Say ...
  Global grain production will tumble 2 percent this year over all, mainly because of weather-related calamities, a report says.
• U.S. Firms Up 'Critical Habitat' for Polar Bears
  More than 95 percent of the Alaskan territory identified as crucial to the bear's survival lies offshore, in areas where oil exploration is envisaged.
• Candy, or Mothballs? E.P.A. Cautions Public
  Some brightly colored bags of unregistered mothballs containing toxic chemicals could be mistaken for sweets, the agency warns.
• Clashing Numbers for the Nissan Leaf
  The Environmental Protection Agency says it will go 73 miles; the Federal Trade Commission, relying on manufacturers' numbers, says the correct number is 96 to 110. The FTC is no stranger to stickers; it approves the ones for refrigerators and dishwashers and is working on a new one for televisi ...

Dot Earth News

• Wild Tigers on a Crowding Planet
  A new push to save the last wild tigers from poachers and encroaching human populations.
• The Busy Skies
  A mix of data and art reveals the expanding global imprint of an innovative, restless species.
• A Search for Enduring, But Upended, Scientific Ide ...
  A scholar sifts for examples of enduring scientific ideas that were shown, in the end, wrong.
• Krakatau Eruption From Space
  A fabled volcano rebuilds.
• Cancun, Congress and Hard Climate Facts
  President Obama's chief climate negotiator discusses issues in upcoming treaty talks.

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

• TC Indymedia Exclusive: Secret 'Trigger' & bluepri ...
  VIDEO! up now! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGMgAFJGxH0 National Level Exercise 2011 docs found on Army Corps fileserver prove upgrade for Secret 'Civil Disturbance Operations CONPLAN 3502' the Master Pentagon Blueprint for RNC/G20 Lockdowns, Policing Disasters & More By Dan Feidt for Twin Cities ...
• Friday Evening: It's time to expose teh secret ops ...
    Hey everyone, the big story is finally getting released. This should clarify a lot of confusing dimensions to what's really been going on. And a huge relief to deal with - after months of work! It's a messy one - but really important. Tune into RuleOfLawRadio.com tonite, Fri Nov 19th  -- if ...
• Waterfall New World Order Resistance of Minneapoli ...
  What can I say? I like street art – when it breaks up the unspeakable horror of the modernist nightmare, the endless, colorless flat planes composing our concrete public existence. So it was a surprise to go looking and find these big New World Order stencils around the Hennepin Avenue bridge ...
• Storm the Boards! Applications Nearly Due for Comp ...
  I spent quite a while writing up all the open boards and appointments in Minnesota. The official post is here - http://tc.indymedia.org/2010/nov/storm-boards-applications-nearly-due-compensated-citizen-slots-panels-and-agencies Just for fun I'll crosspost the whole thing below. Worth yr effort ...
• Metals To Nibiru! Gold & silver $1400 / $29 parabo ...
  Linkdump O Quick Hitz! Way too many links going on-have fun! Sorry for lack of pics, you gotta clix em to see :-|   "Where is My Mind" came on TheCurrent as I posted this, really appropriate for the ZeroHedge Durden posts. Total Waveform Synchronicity and it ain't even 11/11 yet.... Onwards. ...

Daily Censored

• Letters from Inside
  REMEMBER ME BY WESLEY C. LOGAN Most taxpayer’s of the golden state believe in California politician’s good common sense, in theory, but some how they can’t apply it to your daily lives, their failures are recorded every millisecond on the state budget meter as a constant reminder, something is radic ...
• Baby, You Can Touch My Junk or Fear Not the Friend ...
  By Will Shonbrun Like all of you I was born totally immodest. For a few years there I didn’t care who saw, or for that matter handled, my so-called private parts. Naked came we and propriety be damned. Then we learned that was b-a-d; we were not to go flouncing our nakedness about. We were [...]
• Jobs? You Want Jobs?
  Illegals hold seven million jobs, according to the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee.  Seven million Hispanics are paying taxes for services, most of which they will never get. One notable exception, education.  As education is paid by property taxes, these illegals pay for education, ...
• Detroit Teachers say ‘NO’ to privatization and a s ...
  Picture of Robert Bobb, Chief Financial Administrator and Eli Broad henchman along with David Bing, conservative mayor of Detroit and an employee of corporate Houghton Mifflin discussing their privatization efforts.   Press Release                                      For Immediate Release Detroit F ...
• Yes, “There Will Be Blood.”
  We have arrived.  Recently, I wrote about Mt Clemens, Michigan that is going bankrupt.  That city only has 17,000 people, but the problem is that Mt Clemens is but one of many.  Because of the total obstructionist attitude of the Tea Party/Republican/Blue Dog Democrats, however, the Federal Governme ...

AlterNet's Breaking News

• In gaffe, Palin supports 'our North Korean allies'
• US 'stands in solidarity' with India: Clinton
• US, Japan affirm co-operation over N.Korea
• START Treaty: Will GOP ignore the military, the ex ...
• WikiLeaks release to feature corruption among worl ...

Institute for Policy Studies

• China: Already on Top?
  Like Sarah Palin, China is suddenly everywhere.
• With a Lot of Help from Our Friends
  U.S. military strategy in Northeast Asia is relying on ever more contributions from our allies.
• Civil Society Responses to the Global Financial a ...
  This white paper outlines organizing, education, and advocacy efforts being undertaken in response to the financial and economic crisis by groups working in coalition in the United States and around the world.
• Fighting Finance from Below
  Since the crash of 2008, writes guest columnist Sarah Anderson, global justice activists have begun to make progress in reining in the excesses of the financial industry.
• It's a Shame Chalmers Johnson Did Not Live to See ...
  In the wake of Chalmers Johnson's passing, we must carry on his crusade to dismantle the American empire.

Equality Trust

• Why we need a Fairness Test of the cuts
  A group of charities, including the Equality Trust, Child Poverty Action Group, Barnardo's and the TUC are asking the coalition government to commit to a Fairness Test on any tax rises or spending cuts they introduce. Full details...
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• VAT rise would hit the poorest
  Bill Wilson's VAT motion to the Scottish Parliament reads as follows: That the Parliament notes the warning issued by Save the Children in Scotland that raising VAT to 20% could mean a £31 a week bill for the poorest families in Scotland and that the poorest 10% of the population currently spend ...
• Excessive pay and bonuses in public sector under s ...
  Daily Telegraph reports on bold moves in the public sector. But what about the private sector which originated the "crazy" bonus system and still leads the way on excessive top pay...?

PDA AMERICA

• PDA Board member David Swanson: PNAC calls for the ...
  PDA Board member David Swanson: PNAC calls for the assertion of American military might around the globe
• The Agitator: Voices of PDA Episode 13: Interview ...
  This podcast is the second part of PDA’s election analysis. John Bonifaz of Freespeechforpeople.org is interviewed by PDA national director Tim Carpenter. In the last segment, PDA co-founder Steve Cobble gives us his take on ...
• War Is A Lie
  Donate $75 or more and receive War Is A Lie Enter War Is A Lie in the “special fund” box I am about to publish a new book called War Is A Lie that takes on ...
• The Agitator: Voices of PDA Episode 12: An Interv ...
  Now that the dust has settled following Election Day, PDA presents a two-part election analysis podast. In this episode, PDA National Director Tim Carpenter interviews author and journalist John Nichols and PDA field coordinator Conor ...
• IOT: End the War and Occupations November Call
  On This Call… David Swanson: 1. Don’t use the term “Defense” spending when referring to military spending. 2. No one lost any of their elections because they failed to support the wars. 3. Warned about the ...

Marler Blog

• E. coli Illnesses in Arizona (19), California (3), ...
  The Outbreak The CDC posted a few moments ago an update on the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to Bravo Gouda Cheese sold at Costco.� To date thirty-eight persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from five states. The number of ill persons identified in each ...
• Mason Jones E. coli O157:H7 death still causing an ...
  Most of you likely have not followed the story of Mason Jones, who in 2005 at the age of five died of E coli O157:H7 poisoning after eating a school lunch. I have followed it closely, in part because over the last few years, as I have spoken at Food Safety Conferences in Wales and England, Mason’s ...
• Chocolate Lovers against Salmonella - it is time t ...
  If this does not galvanize everyone to lay down their rhetoric and pass food safety legislation, I do not know what will. Artisan Confections Company is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of its Dagoba Organic Chocolate new moon Rich Dark Chocolate 74% cacao 0.32 ounce squares because they m ...
• Crumland Farms Nursing home Maryland Salmonella Ou ...
  Karen Gardner of the Frederick News Post posted an article last night; “Salmonela Outbreak Sickens Eight at Frederick Nursing Home.” She noted that the “residents [were] infected over four months.” Salmonella sickened eight people at Homewood at Crumland Farms nursing home in Frederick from July to ...
• Bravo Recalls ALL Cheese - Listeria and E. coli In ...
  Bravo Farms of Traver in the Central Valley is expanding its previous cheese recall to include ALL Bravo Farms cheese. Bravo Farms had previously issued a recall on its Dutch Style Gouda, and now “out of concern for any further contamination we have decided to further expand the recall to include a ...

AutoblogGreen

• AutoblogGreen for 11.24.10
  LA 2010: more details on the Honda Fit, including that weird extra fob Plus extra info on the tests Honda will do before the car comes out. X-Prize in-fighting goes public as Li-Ion Motors tries to back o ...
• AutoblogGreen for 11.23.10
  LA 2010: Coda says all-electric production delay is a good thing for the final product Here's how you spin. Nissan Leaf snags 99 mpg rating on official EPA sticker How's that for best in cla ...
• AutoblogGreen for 11.22.10
  Motley Fool says consider selling Tesla stock before it's too late But what do they know? GE's electric vehicle order to trigger fleet purchasing trend Tens of thousands of orders will do th ...
• AutoblogGreen for 11.19.10
  LA 2010: Chevy Volt wins 2011 Green Car of the Year title Another sign the electric car era is here. LA 2010: Elon Musk says Tesla-powered Toyota RAV4 EV is good for Model S Partnership with ...
• 2011 Chevy Volt wins Green Car of the Year title i ...
  Filed under: LA Auto Show, Hybrid, Sedan, Chevrolet, GM, Electric Joel Ewanick, VP, U.S. Marketing for General Motors, and the Chevy Volt with the Green Car of the Year Award The Chevrolet Volt drove off with the 2011 Green Car of the Year Award at the LA Auto Show this morning, beating out tough ...

Rafe's Radar

• OtherInBox handles e-mail overload; knows too much
  Very useful e-mail autofiling service is the core of a scary-smart consumer behavior analysis business.
• Tripping tackles travel safety with video intervie ...
  New site helps you welcome world travelers into your home--but only after they pass a video check-in.
• GPS for your Cheerios: Aisle411
  New service, launching today, gives smartphone users maps of what's where in big retail locations.
• A May-December tech marriage: iPhone plus fax mach ...
  New eFax app shows that the iPhone's camera makes a good replacement for a scanner or fax machine.
• Cooliris picture viewer going socio-local with Liv ...
  Browser plug-in maker finally making a destination service with a potentially strong business model.

Camera Obscura

• Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so fre ...
• The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and the ...
  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces of ...
• Written on the screen: mediation and immersion in ...
  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigorous ...
• Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmine's ...
  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of pro ...
• Dangerous spaces: Safe.
  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935029/dangerous-spaces-safe.html September 1, 2004... For me, the problem is always in content; we want to define the perspective of a film solely through its content, and not through its form. --Todd Haynes No matter how much we desire, w ...

Democracy Now!

• The Health Insurance Industry’s Vendetta Against M ...
  Michael Moore, the Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker, makes great movies but they are not generally considered “cliff-hangers.” All that might change since a whistle-blower on the “Democracy Now!” news hour revealed that health insurance executives thought they may have to implement a plan “to pu ...
• Amy Goodman Interviewed on National Public Televis ...
• MSNBC's Keith Olbermann Interviews Whistleblower W ...
  Following our interview with Wendell Potter, the former chief spokesman for CIGNA, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann invited Potter on his show to discuss the health insurance industry’s attack on Michael Moore and his film SiCKO . Watch here.
• A Cry From Argentina: ‘Close Guantanamo’
  “Gitmo is going to remain open for the foreseeable future,” said an unnamed White House official to The Washington Post this week. For guidance on the notorious U.S. Navy base in Cuba, President Barack Obama should look to an old naval facility in Buenos Aires, Argentina. When Ana Maria Careaga wa ...
• "Push Michael Moore Off A Cliff:" Health Insurance ...
  When Academy Award-winning film director Michael Moore announced he would be making a documentary about the American healthcare system in 2004, it put the health insurance industry on high alert. One person who immediately went on the offensive was Wendell Potter, who at the time was the chief spok ...

Farming Pathogens

• Virus Dumping
  Man came to shake my hand / and rob me of my farm –Ryan Bingham Dumping grain on another country is a classic maneuver in economic warfare. When a country’s borders are opened by force or by choice, by structural adjustment or by neoliberal trade agreement, when tariffs and other forms of protection ...
• We Can Think Ourselves into a Plague
  The power of the mind is a New Age staple. But, really, can I concentrate enough to levitate myself (much less get my laundry done today)? The materialist answers, funny you mention it, but, yeah, you can. A few minds thought through the ideas that produced the airplane and perhaps soon enough the p ...
• How Mayor Bloomberg Causes Obesity
  Yeah the doctors don’t know, but New York was killing me / Bunch of doctors coming round, they don’t know / That New York is killing me / Yeah I need to go home and take it slow in Jackson, Tennessee -Gil Scott-Heron On October 6 Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked the United States Department of [...]
• Follow ‘Farming Pathogens’ on Twitter
  You can now follow ‘Farming Pathogens’ on Twitter here. Includes the latest in media reports and journal articles on agriculture, disease, evolution, dialectical biology, the practice of science, as well as any appearances or new work by FP contributors. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Farming Pa ...
• The Axis of Viral
  The enemy of my enemy is my friend. We might accept that viruses and bacteria at best instantiate the coincidental nature of such an alliance. The success of one bug might pave the way for another. But we’d be hard pressed to imagine that theyâd whittle the syllogism to a sharper point and actively ...

Suzie-Q

• 5 Ways to Deal With Your Conservative Relatives Th ...
  5 Ways to Deal With Your Conservative Relatives This Thanksgiving How does one deal with the conservatives at the family table while avoiding a massive food fight? Stay calm and relaxed, and follow these simple guidelines. AlterNet / By Sarah Seltzer and Lauren Kelley November 24, 2010 | Maybe your ...
• Why Do Americans Keep Getting Suckered By Right-Wi ...
  Why Do Americans Keep Getting Suckered By Right-Wing Lies? The Nation / By Danny Goldberg Until progressives change the mind sets of the tens of millions who believe right-wing mythology, elections will be disappointing regardless of who is in the White House. November 21, 2010 | Ideas don’t happen ...
• Bernanke Calls On Congress To Help The Economy &#8 ...
  Bernanke Calls On Congress To Help The Economy — For At Least The Fourth Time In Five Months Huff Post William Alden & Shahien Nasiripour First Posted: 11-20-10 09:01 AM   |   Updated: 11-20-10 01:55 PM NEW YORK — For at least the fourth time since June, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke p ...
• The American Ruling Class
   Rolling Stone feature discusses issues explored in The American Ruling Class facebook�July 16, 2009 by Alive Mind The American Ruling Class has never been more relevant to the current news cycle or to the collective consciousness of the American public. Goldman Sachs is announcing record profits a ...
• When Your ‘Junk’ Is Touched at the Air ...
  Cable news reached an all new level of self-satire and hackery this week as various daytime “serious” anchors mindlessly repeated the phrase “touch my junk” over and over. Years of journalism training, internships and advanced education and they’re repeating “touch my junk” in the context of a video ...

Solari

• Giving Thanks
  Thanksgiving Day, presently celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, has been an annual tradition in the United States since 1863. It did not become a federal holiday until 1941. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated to give thanks to God for helping the pilgrims survive the brutal winter. Th ...
• Living Proof: Vitamin C - Miracle Cure?
  The amazing story of a King Country dairy farmer who caught swine flu and very nearly died. Intensive care specialists were all set to pull him off life support, saying there was no hope. But his family refused to give up. They demanded the doctors try high doses of Vitamin C, a radical treatment w ...
• Bailout vs Economic Hit?
  Is the bailout of Ireland really a bailout, or is it instead an economic hit designed to harvest the assets of Ireland at rock bottom prices? Those considering this question might find this earlier interview of Greg Palast about IMF deals in Latin America to be of interest. - Catherine Transcript of ...
• Study Finds Wi-Fi Makes Trees Sick
  All deciduous trees in the Western world are affected. By René Schoemaker Radiation from Wi-Fi networks is harmful to trees, causing significant variations in growth, as well as bleeding and fissures in the bark, according to a recent study in the Netherlands. All deciduous trees in the Western wor ...
• Quote du Jour
  Armies and bombs do not scare me, but a man with an idea I have not thought of does. ~ Chairman Mao Related reading: Mao Zedong Wikipedia

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

• Times Scare
  ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job. [. ...
• Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
  Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more��
• Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afg ...
  BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri Lanka Gu ...
• Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United Press ...
  Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more��
• Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA new ...
  Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more��

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

• Separate from Those Scanners, Intrusive Airport Pa ...
  Thousands of travelers each day, who have any medical metal in their bodies, are being semi-mauled for no logical reason.
• 8 Things Progressive Can Be Thankful For
  Chin up, after all we've got Rachel Maddow, health care, Pittsburgh's f-you to corporate control, and a whole lot more to be thankful for.
• How About Some Justice for Those Risking Their Saf ...
  Turkey workers, primarily Latino, African American, Somali and Burmese, will find this increased production time particularly difficult.
• A Different Legal System for the Rich: Imagine Get ...
  It's not just the recession that's killing the middle class -- it's how the legal system is being used to establish a two-tiered society.
• A Thanksgiving Miracle for Children of Incarcerate ...
  Terrance Stevens' dream was to help the many children of NY State prisoners that live in his Harlem community and had been left with a great void in their lives.

Sideways News

• Could you be a 10:10 community champion?
  The Guardian Newspaper and Franny Armstrong, through the Guardian 10:10 campaign, challenge organisations and individuals to cut their carbon footprint by 10%.
• Brit mums strict about eco-chores
  Families in the UK are increasingly likely to be nagged about doing eco-chores, a new study conducted on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust has revealed.
• UK venue offers rainforest weddings
  Getting married in a luscious rainforest has never been easier or more eco-friendly, according to the Eden Project.
• Battery recycling 'too difficult'
  The European Recycling Platform (ERP) reports that while only a third of households at present recycle batteries, four out of five said they would do so if it was made easier.
• 10 green resolutions to save you money
  By taking green steps at home, you can save money and make life easier. Being smart about waste, consumption and resources won't only win you the thanks of forthcoming generations: you'll feel the financial benefit immediately. 1. Make money from old electronics As your electronic goods become obsol ...

Fabius Maximus

• A Thanksgiving Day note
  Summary:  Don Vandergriff tells us about a well-deserved Medal of Honor presented to SSG Giunta by President Obama.  As a contrast, Obama awards an undeserved Medal of Freedom to money, in the person of Warren Buffett. For those of us not able to be present when this young NCO received the Medal of ...
• The Republicans are serious about the budget. The ...
  Summary:  After Obama taught the Democrats not to believe in change, they’re confident that the new Republicans are just as bogus.  The Democrats might be disappointed when the budget debates show us their true values, wisdom, and strength of will.  The results might prove unpleasant for Am ...
• For Rome to prosper it must first burn
  Summary:   This is post #1701 on the FM website.  It’s a summary, guessing about the future of America based on the evidence and theories presented here (and at DNI) during the past 7 years.  The title describes the theme; at the end are links to more information. Most modern systems are robu ...
• Two regions diverging, tearing the world apart. B ...
  Summary:  The emerging  nations are overheating, many of them suffering from a too-loose monetary policy transmitted from the US by their currency pegs to the US dollar.  Many of the developed nations are in the grips of deflationary forces.  This gap between the two worlds results from the now dysf ...
• The sure route to reforming America
  Summary:  It becomes increasingly apparent that America needs serious reforms, stat.  This post gives a brief description of the problem, but no solution.  However the necessary characteristics of a solution are described, aiding the search. Our political system has since 1976 run increasingly frant ...

Open Your Eyes News

• Russian secret service ‘murdered six Red Cross nur ...
  Daily Telegraph – A Russian secret service unit was responsible for murdering six Western Red Cross nurses in Chechnya in cold blood fourteen years ago rather than Chechen rebels, it has been claimed. The allegation, made by a former agent in Russia’s FSB security service, challenges the Kremlin ver ...
• Body scanner makers doubled lobbying cash over 5 y ...
  USA Today – The companies with multimillion-dollar contracts to supply American airports with body-scanning machines more than doubled their spending on lobbying in the past five years and hired several high-profile former government officials to advance their causes in Washington, government record ...
• EU launches website to dispel “urban myths”
  Daily Telegraph – The European Commission has launched a new website designed to win over a sceptical British public to the merits of the European Union by dispelling “urban myths”. One of the myths cited was that officials were to stop bingo callers using the term ‘two fat ladies’ The online guide, ...
• Murdoch confirms 9pc stake in Ten (Australian TV N ...
  ABC – Media mogul Lachlan Murdoch has bought half of his fellow businessman James Packer’s stake in Ten Network. Mr Packer last month bought just under 18 per cent of Ten in a $280 million off-market raid on the company. Last night, Mr Murdoch’s solicitors Gilbert and Tobin sent a notice to the ASX ...
• Irish unveil harshest cuts, tax hikes in history
  Associated Press — Ireland unveiled the harshest budget measures in its history Wednesday, a four-year plan to slash deficits by €15 billion ($20 billion) so it can receive a massive bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. The austerity plan axes thousands of state jobs, ...

The Progressive Realist

• The UN’s Big Problem in Haiti
  So far, a cholera epidemic in Haiti has killed nearly 1500 people and sickened about 60,000 others.  It is spreading fast. With reason, many Haitians are blaming the UN for bringing this disease to their country.  The outbreak started down river from a Nepalese peacekeeping base, and shortly after ...
• Refining Our Counterterrorism Approach: Containmen ...
  Daveed Gartenstein Ross has written an insightful piece outlining the latest trend in al-Qaeda’s ever-evolving choice of tactics in its economic war against the United States and other Western powers: Two Nokia phones, $150 each, two HP printers, $300 each, plus shipping, transportation and other m ...
• Terrorism Expert Thomas Hegghammer on Al-Awlaki
  Thomas Hegghammer, responding to Yemen expert Gregory Johnsen, argues that radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is playing a significant, almost irreplaceable operational role in al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He then argues that eliminating him by drone strike would be a bad idea: read more
• Rising India
  From India's point of view, President Barack Obama's trip could not have come at a better time.� The "Obama glaze" or even "Obama magic" that brought him to office in 2009 is damaged, if not permanently gone after the "shellacking" he received during the mid-term elections.� As a weak president, he ...
• Little Optimism for Negotiations with North Korea
  I have an article up at TAP on the prospect for negotiations with North Korea: An agreement with North Korea could happen in two ways. First, the United States and its allies could pursue a “grand bargain” to resolve the major issues of dispute and effectively normalize relations in Northeast Asia. ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

• The Little Picture: Happy Thanksgiving.
  (Flickr/Guest Family) From all of us here at TAP, Happy Thanksgiving.
• Ron in Reserve.
  Tim Fernholz explains why the GOP and Ron Paul finally set aside their differences to bash the Federal Reserve. Now, when Congress reorganizes in January, Paul is likely to be placed in charge of the House panel that oversees the Federal Reserve, and his fellow Republicans, led by Rep. Paul Ryan, a ...
• Republicans to Go After Consumer Protection.
  In an unsurprising move, House Republicans are gearing up to hinder the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, established this past summer by the Dodd-Frank financial-reform legislation: While they have little hope of repealing the new consumer agency—which has broad powers to write rul ...
• Off the Mark.
  Jamelle Bouie says conservatives ranting against earmarks are really promoting big government. But for all of their yelling about small government and a broken political process, conservatives seem to have missed an important point. Despite their modern association with corruption, earmarks are a g ...
• How to Negotiate With North Korea.
  Robert Farley says that reaching an accord with North Korea on nuclear-weapons development was a difficult proposition even before the recent revelations. The existence of a uranium-enrichment program parallel to North Korea's plutonium efforts had been hinted at since 2002. North Korea had intermi ...

Buzzflash

• Will the Afghanistan War be the Likely Cause of a ...
  ROBERT NAIMAN FOR BUZZFLASH/TRUTHOUT Press reports have suggested that Administration officials are trying to make Democratic voters forget that the Administration promised to start drawing down troops from Afghanistan in July 2011 by "pivoting" to the "aspirational goal" that "most" U.S. "comba ...
• Corporate Profits Set Records as Wall Streets Wall ...
  BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG FOR TRUTHOUT BY MARK KARLIN Corporate profits in the US hit their highest in history in the third quarter of 2010, according to The New York Times (NYT). Meanwhile, in Washington, Republicans and conservative Democrats prepare to leave unemployed Americans without benefits ...
• Will Durst on Thanksgiving of Yore and Just Last Y ...
  WILL DURST FOR BUZZFLASH The 4th Thursday of November is definitely the bestest holiday. Food, Family, Friends and Football. 4 of the 5 Fs. I most fondly remember the Thanksgivings of yesteryear. The big old family reunions, which I looked forward to, until about five seconds after I hit the drivewa ...
• Raise Taxes on Wealthy Bond Holders, Global Corpor ...
  SHAMUS COOKE FOR BUZZFLASH From the U.S. to Europe media and politicians are singing the same tune: "budget deficits must be drastically reduced -- by cutting social programs -- so that global bond investors do not threaten the economy." Not since the "war on terror" was announced has govern ...
• Republicans Will Not be Ringing Jingle Bells, but ...
  DANNY SCHECHTER FOR BUZZFLASH Funny how, back in 1929, we had a black Thursday and then a Black Friday as the market crashed, plunging the country into a depression. Now we have every retailer in every mall in America on their knees praying for a prosperous black Friday the day after Thanksgivin ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

• Anatomy of a journalistic smear job
  The Nation casts aspersions on John Tyner without a shred of evidence
• Government yells "Terrorism" to justify TSA proced ...
  Will growing anger over airport security procedures change Americans' views on privacy?
• Various matters
  The ongoing death of the rule of law. The administration's cartoon depiction of Anwar Awlaki. Obama's empty vows.
• The Ghailani verdict and American justice
  Accused terrorist Ghailani is convicted of 1 charge, acquitted of 280. Here's why the people crying foul are wrong
• Gates v. Eisenhower and Obama v. Justice
  Looking to the past and to other nations sheds light on our notions of war and justice

The BiPartisan Report

• Sex, lies and ‘edited’ videotape
• Nihilism 1 American People Nil
• Sheldon Whitehouse brings truth to the Senate floo ...
• Pesky facts spoil GOP’s mammogram arguments
• Those holier than thou Conservatives

Sciencebase

• More thoughts on science from sciencebase
  My latest science news updates Low-allergy wine, true blood, boronic butterflies – The Alchemist learns of low-allergy wines could one day be possible thanks to the discovery of glycoproteins in the tipple that seem to trigger the sniffles and headaches in susceptible drinkers. In analytical news tr ...
• Pharma industry could thrive in open
  The pharmaceutical industry is facing tough times. The patents for many of the billion-dollar blockbuster drugs have expired, generics have taken market share. Health insurance companies and national health services are under increasing pressure to cut costs. Manufacturers and governments in the dev ...
• More thoughts on science from sciencebase
  My latest science news updates Alternative medicine and the law – The science, history, politics, religion, and culture that mean it is legal to sell quackery in many parts of the world. NHS.uk allowing Google, Facebook, and others to track you – The UK's National Health Service has implemented vari ...
• Science sightings from sciencebase
  My latest science news updates First stem cell trial in stroke patient, how did the media do – In its regular assessment and critique of reporting on medical happenings, NHS Choices looked at the recent early test of stem cell therapy for a stroke victim and reports (amazingly) that "In general, the ...
• My lucky 13 exam tips for students
  My son and his friends are today heading into their first set of important high school exams, their “mock GCSEs”. They call them mock, but the results they achieve at this stage will determine where they go after they do their GCSEs proper, i.e. their 16+ options. So as a loving dad who has done [.. ...

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

• Operation Exposure: War is Trauma Bringing the Wa ...
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2010Iraq Veterans Against the War“Operation Exposure: War is Trauma” hit the streets of Chicago on Monday November 15th.  This collaboration between the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative and veterans and supporters from Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) is a direct ...
• 187,000 Square Miles Designated as Polar Bear Crit ...
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2010Center for Biological DiversityMore than 187,000 square miles (approximately 120 million acres) along the north coast of Alaska were designated today as “critical habitat” for the polar bear as a result of a partial settlement in an ongoing lawsuit ...
• Environmental Protection Agency Set to Lower Targe ...
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2010Union of Concerned ScientistsIn the next few days, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) expects the Environmental Protection Agency to dramatically lower the amount of cellulosic biofuel companies are required to purchase under the federal renewable fuel ...
• Fifth Circuit Decision Finds Construction of Sandy ...
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2010Sierra ClubThe United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the Texas Commission on Environmentally Quality (TCEQ) unlawfully approved the construction of the Sandy Creek coal plant in Riesel, Texas.  The Sandy Creek plant, which would ...
• Egypt: Systematic Crackdown Days Before Elections
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2010Human Rights WatchEgypt has carried out mass arbitrary arrests, wholesale restrictions on public campaigning, and widespread intimidation of opposition candidates and activists in the weeks leading up to parliamentary elections on November 28, 2010, Human Ri ...

Common Dreams-Views

• On the World Stage, U.S. Falls Flat on Women’s Equ ...
  by Michelle ChenThe United States speaks boldly about women's rights in Afghanistan, about liberating Arab women in the Middle East, and about Mama Grizzlies and Supermoms on the home front. But when it comes down to codifying our commitment to women's equality in the law... ...
• Enabling Bullies
  by Linh DinhThis July, traveling by Greyhound, I arrived in Detroit from Windsor, Canada. A dog sniffed all passengers for drugs, and a border agent checked our bags. U.S. citizens produced IDs, while foreigners displayed visas and/or passports. Nothing was out of the ordinary except for this ex ...
• Last Thoughts Before the Turkey Comes Calling
  by Michael Moore Friends, As I head off for Thanksgiving, I wanted to share a final thought with you about this past week's news regarding the health care executives who sat around that table in Philadelphia four years ago and decided on a course of action to, if need be, "push Michael Moore off ...
• This Isn't Just a Student Protest. It's a Children ...
  by Laurie Penny Outside Downing Street, in front of a line of riot police, I am sitting beside a makeshift campfire. It's cold, and the schoolchildren who have skipped classes gather around as a student with a three-string guitar strikes up the chords to Tracy Chapman's Talkin Bout a Revolution. ...
• Trapped by Guantanamo
  by Frida BerriganRemember way back when President Barack Obama promised to close Guantanamo, restore the United States' moral standing and end the practice of torture? It wasn't that long ago -- January 2009. As one of his first acts as president, Obama signed the executive order committing to cl ...

Newshoggers - AfPak

• Subliminal Messaging On Afghanistan
  By Steve Hynd A report last week by veteran Af/Pak analyst Ahmed Rashid, nicely timed for the Lisbon summit at which NATO rolled out its "aspirational" date of 2014 for an Afghan transition, says that Afghan president Hamid Karzai has never been so anti-Western and anti-American in his views. In an ...
• Taliban Negotiator Was Imposter, Received "A Lot O ...
  By Steve Hynd It sounds like something from The Onion, but it's by Dexter Filkins in the NYT: For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the appearance of a certain insurgent leader at one end of the tab ...
• In Afghanistan, The Occupation Is The Problem
  By Steve Hynd Your Af/Pak "must-read" for today is by analyst Alex Strick van Linschoten, who lives in Kandahar. In a piece entitled "Five Things David Petraeus Wants You To Believe" he sets out the problems with Petraeus happy-talk about "momentum" in Afghanistan. It's essentially un-excerptable so ...
• If 2015, Why Not Now?
  By Steve Hynd The editors of the UK's Independent newspaper are making a lot of sense: Nato's new policy of disengagement is neither as clear nor as quick as it should be, but it is a welcome recognition that the end state in Afghanistan is never going to be perfect and that an open-ended commitment ...
• Aide: If Petraeus wants "to turn it up to 11, he f ...
  By Steve Hynd The Washington Post's Rajiv Chandrasekaran has a piece today which is mostly about how wonderfully, swimmingly, well the occupation of Afghanistan is going now that General Petraeus is in charge - sourced almost entirely from Petraeus' own aides speaking anonymously and with no quotes ...

Water Wars

• Federal judge to no longer oversee Detroit water d ...
  The federal judge who has refereed water wars between Detroit and its suburbs for more than three decades has stepped down from the case, raising questions about the operation of the agency that provides water to 4 in 10 Michigan residents.
• Water wars for the city
  Stan Miller thinks water rates should be equal. He’s suing because he believes strongly in his position.
• John Bulloch: Highly respected journalist and Midd ...
  John Bulloch was one of the most highly-respected foreign and diplomatic correspondents, Middle East experts and authors of his era – from the early 1960s into the new millennium – the author of more than a dozen books, notably on Iraq, Lebanon, the Gulf and Kurdistan. He was also a driving force be ...
• How To Buy Blue Gold
  When Mark Twain (allegedly) said "Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over" he was referring to the ruthless competition for water in the early days of California.After the gold rush ...
• Nov. 14 Friends & Neighbors
  St. Cecilia School: Kindergarten event Tuesday

WordPress | Economics

• Unions flexing their muscle may not be in the best ...
  The Transport Workers Union of Australia (TWU) recently announced an agreement it declared ‘will be
• The Irish bailout: what Osborne has really been up ...
  George Osborne has a dirty little secret. "This money supply thing is trickier than I thought..
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  One of the first conservative shows I ever watched was “Uncommon Knowledge” with Peter R
• A political interlude
  It seems like months since I last wrote about politics but I think it’s probably an appropriat
• The Celtic tiger tanks, as Osborne boggles the min ...
  Leinster House gives up It’s bizarre: Ireland uses cheap EU funds to out-compete us for jobs, has a

Electronic Intifada

• Photostory: somber holiday under occupation
  The holiday of Eid al-Ahda -- the Feast of the Sacrifice -- is celebrated by Muslims across the world to commemorate the prophet Abraham's sacrifice of a sheep in the place of his ...
• Volvo equipment enabling torture, facilitating occ ...
  Volvo prides itself on being a byword for sturdiness, safety and reliability. After a careful examination of the vehicle-maker's investment in Israel, perhaps it should als ...
• There is no "Talibanization" of Gaza
  To accuse Hamas of marketing fundamentalism and extremism in the Gaza Strip is false and inaccurate. There is no "Talibanization" of Gaza. Such a claim is based on Israeli propagan ...
• Film review: Palestine as Hollywood fantasy in "M ...
  Any major film addressing the Israel-Palestine conflict can expect to court a measure of controversy, but American artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel's intervention is unlikely t ...
• Despite law "reform," Palestinians out of work in ...
  BEIRUT, Lebanon (IPS) - Abu Yussif doesn't want to talk about his work anymore. "It's not going to help and nothing will change anyway," he says. The tall, white-haired Palestinian ...

Afghanistan Sun

• UK-based Taliban spend months fighting Nato ...
  British-based men of Afghan origin are spending months in Afghanistan fighting NATO forces before returning to the UK.
• Karzai Government challenges poll results
  The government of President Hamid Karzai has vowed to challenge the final results of the parliamentary elections, even though they have been endorsed by international officials.
• Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan to check narcotics smu ...
  Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan signed an agreement here Thursday on a joint plan of action to curb smuggling of narcotics in the region.
• 'Brit forces forcing Taliban to negotiation t ...
  An unprecedented level of "precision strikes" by British forces against Taliban leaders in Afghanistan is driving the insurgents to the negotiating table, Commander Task Force Helmand Brigadier James Chiswell has said.
• Britain-based Taliban fight in Afghanistan, then r ...
  Some Afghan-origin men, who are based in Britain, head to Afghanistan to battle the NATO forces before returning home, a media report said Thursday.

Futurismic

• Personal Information: episode 24
  Personal Information is a new serial sci-fi webcomic from Sarah “Does Not Equal” Ennals. Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness! Share and Enjoy:Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness!
• Arguments against life extension
  Via Michael Anissimov, here’s a spectacularly empty diatribe against “deathhackers” by TechCrunch‘s Paul Carr. Carr objects to the idea of radical life extension as advocated by transhumanists, which is fair enough, but as written here most of his objections seem to boil down to personal distate tow ...
• Daddy, where does innovation come from?
  Plenty of folk have been linking to this excerpt from Matt Ridley’s new book The Rational Optimist, and with good reason – it’s a provocative piece that plays to advocates (and opponents) of free trade, open exchange, copyright reform and much more. The basic thesis? The one persistent factor that h ...
• Replacement arms: mechanical or biological?
  Prosthetic limbs are still in their infancy, but there’s a lot of progress being made: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is working with Darpa (who else?), and has a research grant for trying out their mind-controlled modular prosthetic arm on five test subjects over the next couple of years ...
• How to be a futurist
  The irrepressible Scott “Basic Instructions” Meyer has the lowdown if you’re thinking of a career in futurism: Click through for the whole thing. But take it from me, being a futurist is a lot of work for no money. Or maybe that’s just the way I do it… and I’ve never been featured in a [...]Follow F ...

geopolitics | geoeconomics

• Geithner's Dirty Little Secret
• Swine Flu
• Putin and the Geopolitics of the New Cold War: Or ...
• The Fake Oil Crisis of 1973
• Fossiles Erdöl
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on Government Oversight

• Industry's Payments to NIH's Medical Researchers M ...
  To borrow a phrase taken from Dr. Samuel Johnson, privacy may be the last refuge of a scoundrel. Some federally funded medical researchers have managed for years to keep their financial arrangements with drug companies hidden from the public and...
• Department of Justice Announces Fraud Recovery Num ...
  The Department of Justice just made its annual announcement of fraud recoveries under the False Claims Act for the previous fiscal year. The Department of Justice claims it secured $3 billion in civil settlements and judgments in cases involving fraud...
• Morning Smoke: "Top Kill" Doomed from Start Due Ba ...
  Spill Fix Doomed to Fail by Siobahn Hughes [The Wall Street Journal] House Dems press Interior to finish probe over fears of second Gulf spill by Darren Goode [The Hill] Hedge Funds Raided in Probe by Susan Pulliam, Michael Rothfeld...
• Let's Get Small: SBA Puts GTSI Co-Conspirators in ...
  Last week, the Small Business Administration (SBA) suspended EG Solutions and MultimaxArray FirstSource, temporarily barring the two companies from bidding on new federal contracts. The two companies are alleged to have been a part of contracting schemes carried out by...
• More Secrecy Surrounding TSA Case?
  Recently we wrote an article about how the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) has invoked “sensitive security information” in an effort to seal former Federal Air Marshal Manuel V. Alcaraz’s employment case before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). As it...

Digital Journal

• South African assylum seeker struggles to remain i ...
  A white South African Brandon Carl Huntley who was granted refugee status in Canada after he claimed racial persecution faces the possibility of being sent home, following a request to review his case.
• Montcalm Bridge in Sherbrooke finally open to traf ...
  Sherbrookers have been deprived of this crucial bridge for nine months. Cars had to make detours and wait patiently in traffic jams or find alternative routes. Finally completed, the Montcalm Bridge welcomed its first automobiles on Saturday.
• Toronto hospital reports stolen medication
  Toronto General Hospital has reported a large quantity of medications stolen between 6 p.m. November 19 and 6 a.m. November 22, 2010.
• Toronto man's remains found in Ontario
  The case of a missing Toronto man had a sad ending yesterday afternoon when his remains were found in Milton. The victim had been missing since early in November.
• Poll: Winter driving a white-knuckle event for man ...
  The white stuff is coming soon for Canadians, bringing sliding tires and stress to many drivers on the roads. For many, hibernating and avoiding driving when ice and snow hits the roads is the answer, according to a poll by Goodyear.

End Homelessness | Change.org

• Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demeaning, ...
  What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 su ...
• LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of the Do ...
  Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high; it ...
• Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unpunis ...
  Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a school ...
• The Human Right to Housing Revisited
  On December 10th, 2008 the D.C. Council declared Washington, D.C. to be the first human rights city in the nation. Sadly, the Council still has not taken any steps beyond that to enforce any human rights, least of all the human right to housing. One of my first posts here was about the human right t ...
• Texas Town Delays and Weakens Plans for a Homeless ...
  When they say everything is bigger in Texas, you would hope that would also mean a larger sense of compassion. But when it comes to dealing with homelessness, that's not always the case. The City Council of Lubbock, Texas, has once again stalled on proposed plans to establish a homeless committee to ...

Ceasefire.ca

• North Korea fires at South Korean island
  North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire on Tuesday. The exchange was begun by North Korea, which fired at a South Korean island near their western border. South Korea returned the fire, and South Korean officials are accusing North Korea of violating the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean W ...
• NATO approves “new” Strategic Concept
  NATO leaders approved a new Strategic Concept document at their Lisbon summit meeting on Friday. The document lays out NATO’s vision of its role in the world, the Alliance’s goals, and how Alliance members intend to pursue those goals. Among other elements, it also spells out the fundamental tenets ...
• Petition: Don’t Extend Canada’s Military Mission i ...
  Tell Stephen Harper, other party leaders, and your own MP that you do not support the proposed training mission for the Canadain Forces in Afghanistan. Send your letter.
• Conservatives kill climate change bill
  The story that the Roman Emperor Caligula wanted to appoint his horse to the Senate is apocryphal, but it is a sad fact that Canada’s own quasi-Emperor has appointed 36 unelected horses (or posterior portions thereof) to the Canadian Senate in just the past four years. And on Tuesday the Prime Minis ...
• Steven Staples on Canada’s extended Afghanistan mi ...
  Here are some links to media reports that include comments by Steven Staples on the decision to extend Canada’s mission in Afghanistan: Barbara Yaffe, “Harper gambles on grudging support for ‘non-combat’ role,” Vancouver Sun, 17 November 2010 CTVNews, “Cannon says ‘risk factor’ remains for troops,” ...

Kevin Trudeau Show

• My Holiday Travel Tips
  Well, the holiday season is here and you know what that means… travel. If you’re traveling a lot this holiday season to see family, friends or just to relax, you need to take the extra precautions to keep yourself from getting sick. Here are my suggestions to protect yourself before and after your t ...
• Lead, Cadmium Found in Kids’ Drinking Glasse ...
  November 22nd, 2010 AOL News By: Justin Pritchard Drinking glasses depicting comic book and movie characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman and the Tin Man from “The Wizard of Oz” exceed federal limits for lead in children’s products by up to 1,000 times, according to laboratory testing commissioned ...
• TSA Pat Down Went Too Far, Agency Chief Says
  November 22nd, 2010 ABC News By: Sharyn Alfonsi and Lee Ferran The beleaguered head of the Transportation Security Administration said today that at least one airport passenger screening went too far when an officer reached inside a traveler’s underwear, and the agency is open to rethinking its curr ...
• Passenger Chooses Strip-Down Over Pat-Down
  November 22nd, 2010 NBC San Diego By: R. Stickney When a San Diego man opted out of security screening using the Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) at Lindbergh Field Friday, he stripped down to his underwear in an attempt to avoid the pat-down procedures. Samuel Wolanyk took the protest started Nov. ...
• TSA Pat-Down Leaves Traveler Covered in Urine
  November 22nd, 2010 MSNBC.com By: Harriet Baskas A retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., said he was left humiliated, crying and covered with his own urine after an enhanced pat-down by TSA officers recently at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. “I was absolutely hum ...

Pambazuka News

• Ethiopia: Ethiopians to remember martyrs of the 20 ...
  Ethiopians from various cities in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia held a conference on Saturday to discuss and coordinate plans for the upcoming 5th anniversary of the Ethiopian election massacre. The participants discussed and updated each othe...
• March on Washington scheduled for November
  The Black is Back Coalition has announced a march and rally on the White House to take place November 13, 2010 beginning in Washington, DC’s historic Malcolm X Park. This will mark the second year in a row that this black coalition will be protestin...
• USA: Black community activist faces possible 10 ye ...
  Diop Olugbala (aka Wali Rahman) will be sentenced on Wednesday, 13 October to a possible 10 years in prison for speaking out on behalf of the rights of the black community. A press conference and demonstration will be held prior to Olugbala’s sentenc...
• Morocco: Expats returning home in greater numbers
  Faced with the woes of the global economic crisis, an increasing number of Moroccan expatriates are coming back home. Meanwhile, the government is intensifying effort to aid the community abroad as well as help them maintain ties with their home coun...
• Black Congress to convene in D.C. to set black age ...
  As criticisms of President Obama’s war and economic policies mount, the group that first questioned his intentions regarding the concerns of the black community is holding a national Congress to define a black agenda to serve the interests of black p...

War in Context

• “The whole American academic world are racists and ...
  Professor Francis Boyle slams his fellow academics for capitulating to the Israel lobby. Boyle on “The impending collapse of Israel in Palestine.”
• An American jolt for the Middle East
  Chester Crocker, Scott Lasensky and Samuel W. Lewis propose that the US lays out its own set of principles for solving the Israeli-Arab conflict. At a minimum, the American declaration should be based on the 1967 lines, with agreed territorial swaps; support a compromise on Jerusalem that allows fo ...
• Tom Engelhardt: General Petraeus’s two campaigns
  The incredible shrinking withdrawal date By Tom Engelhardt Going, going, gone!  You can almost hear the announcer’s voice throbbing with excitement, only we’re not talking about home runs here, but about the disappearing date on which, for the United States and its military, the Afghan War will of ...
• US anticipates imminent nuclear test by North Kore ...
  The Chosunilbo reports: The U.S. Air Force moved a WC-135 Constant Phoenix reconnaissance jet from the U.S. mainland to the Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, in September in preparation for another nuclear test by North Korea, the Sankei Shimbun reported Tuesday. The WC-135, a modified aircraft, is abl ...
• Tim Shorrock: Direct talks with North Korea are th ...
  “The United States has only one choice in dealing with North Korea, even after its deadly artillery attack on a South Korean island,” writes Tim Shorrock, an investigative journalist who has covered Korea for more than 30 years. “Negotiate directly with its government, forge an agreement to end Pyon ...

Watts Up With That?

• Something to be thankful for! At last: Cosmic rays ...
  I’ve reported several times at WUWT on the galactic cosmic ray theory proposed by  Henrik Svensmark which suggests that changes in the sun’s magnetic field modulate the density of Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs) which in turn seed cloud formation on … Continue reading →
• A regional approach to the medieval warm period an ...
  Nicola Scafetta sends this along, I found this figure quite interesting, but there are many more in the full PDF available below.   A regional approach to the medieval warm period and the little ice age Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist Stockholm … Continue reading →
• Dr. Ray Bradley’s amazing photo
  Here is the web page for Dr. Raymond S. Bradley who is listed as: University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geosciences and Director of the Climate System Research Center (http://www.paleoclimate.org). Readers may also recognize Dr. Bradley from his co-authorship … Continue reading →
• Joe Bastardi’s 2011 Arctic Sea Ice Predictio ...
  Joe Bastardi paid a visit today in Sea Ice News #30 and left a comment with a forecast. Joe Bastardi says: November 23, 2010 at 3:45 am Keep in mind that while I forecasted a warm summer in the arctic, … Continue reading →
• GHCN V3 temperature data errors spotted within a d ...
  From the Inconvenient Sceptic, word that the new Global Historical Climatological Network (GHCN) Version 3 may not have significant quality control. He writes: I have been looking at tweaking the blended temperature set that I have been using. My intent … Continue reading →

Dandelion Salad

• Response to Gary North: QE2 IS the Populist Soluti ...
  by Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com November 25, 2010 Gary North, who purports to be an expert on the errors in my book “Web of Debt,” has evidently not actually read it.  In an article posted on the Market Oracle on November 23, he says that in calling QE2 a “bold precedent ...
• Kucinich: Fake Taliban Leader, Fake Elections, Fak ...
  http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Congressman Dennis Kucinich Washington, Nov 23, 2010 Afghanistan War, Nightmare without End for Troops, Innocent Civilians and US Taxpayers Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich, a leading proponent of peace, today renewed his call to end the Afghan war after it was ...
• DHS-TSA Terror Watch List Includes Dead & Long-Dea ...
  by Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post 23 November, 2010 Resilient Founding Fathers with Propensity for Resistance among One Million+ Terror Watch List Suspects! In May 2009 the Inspector General of the Justice Department found that 35% of the nom ...
• David Lindorff: Police + Homeland Security = Polic ...
  http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ RTAmerica | November 23, 2010 The United States has been known as a beacon for civil liberties, except these days it seems those rights are being stripped away more and more. Police in Fort Benning, GA arrested RT correspondent Kaelyn Forde and cameraman Jon Conw ...
• Power and the Tiny Acts of Rebellion by Chris Hedg ...
  by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig November 22, 2010 There is no hope left for achieving significant reform or restoring our democracy through established mechanisms of power. The electoral process has been hijacked by corporations. The judiciary has been corrupted and bought. ...

Your New Reality

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  The "structure" discovered at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy :
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  David Foster Wallace : "Human beings are narrative animals: every culture countenances itself as culture via a story, whether mythopoeic or politico-economic; every whole person understands his lifetime as an organized, recountable series of events and changes with at least a beginning and middle ...
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  IraqBodyCount on the Chilcot Inquiry : "Throughout the inquiry most of the attention has remained firmly fixed, fixated even, upon the interplay between political and military actors here and in the USA, and the ramifications of the war as felt by them, while the subject that is of greatest conce ...

Wired - Science

• How to Make an All-Instant Thanksgiving Dinner
  It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and you forgot to reserve a turkey. Or maybe you are short on time, or just really lazy and don’t want to actually cook the meal. Either way, modern food science has the entire turkey day menu covered: Just add water. We put together an all-instant menu, made up o ...
• How to Catch Microbes Hitchhiking to Mars
  Microbial stowaways on Mars rovers could raise false alarms for astrobiologists hoping to find evidence of life — or worse, could wipe out native Martians waiting in the soil. A new study suggests that current techniques for cleaning Mars rovers could let some of the hardiest life forms, single-cel ...
• Aerial Art Sends Climate Message
  See Also: Exclusive Excerpt: Hack the Planet Scientists Still Waiting to Hear From Journalists Covering Copenhagen Yes Men Want Scientists to Get Political Russian Heat, Asian Floods May Be Linked The Psychology of Climate-Change Denial Brandon’s Twitter stream, reportorial outtakes and citizen-fu ...
• Pulsing Stars Could Fill in for GPS Satellites
  To find your favorite coffee shop in an unknown city, getting directions via satellite works like a charm. But that technology won’t get you from Earth to Jupiter. So theorists have proposed a new type of positioning system based on blinking stars instead of satellites. By receiving radio blips ...
• Zoom in on Top 8 Ultra-High-Resolution Science Pan ...
  Via: National Geographic See Also: Astronomers Make 5-Gigapixel Image of Milky Way Beautiful 17-Gigapixel, 96.5-Gigabyte Image of Yosemite 570-Megapixel Camera Prepares to Hunt for Dark Energy Earth as Art: Stunning New Images From Space Follow us on Twitter @davemosher and @wiredscience, and on ...

Israeli Occupation Archive

• Aharon Shabtai: As We Were Marching
  Two days ago in Rafi’ah nine Arabs were killed, yesterday six were killed in Hebron, and today — just two. Last year as we were marching from Shenkin Street The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth ...
• Israeli settlers win ownership of East Jerusalem h ...
  Palestinian resident of the building: "The settlers arrived in the morning and began to break the lock... We were frightened. The children are scared of them and of their guards... Why do they come... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land ...
• Arab League slams Israel referendum law
  The Arab League slammed a new Israeli law mandating a national referendum ahead of any withdrawal from annexed east Jerusalem or the Golan Heights. The League's deputy secretary general, Ahmed bin... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...
• Ramzy Baroud: More than a bribe – Obama surrenders ...
  The Middle East policies of US President Barack Obama may well prove the most detrimental in history so far, surpassing even the right-wing policies of President George W. Bush. Even those who warned... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land ...
• Minnesotans call for divestment from Israel!
  [The State of] Minnesota's investment in two Israel bonds supports Israel's apartheid system in both Israel and the Palestinian Territories and enables widespread abuse of human rights. Israel... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, n ...

Ria Novosti - Military

• Russia to cap annual defense budget at 2.8% GDP fo ...
  Russia will maintain its defense budget at the level of 2.8 percent of GDP until 2020 to coincide with ongoing military reforms, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
• Russia allows NATO armored vehicle transit to Afgh ...
  Russia will allow NATO to transit armored vehicles to Afghanistan through its territory, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
• Russia military looks to recruit more foreigners
  The Russian Armed Forces has eased its rules on recruiting foreign citizens into its ranks, according to amendments posted on the Defense Ministry website.
• Russian Military Reform
• Russia-NATO summit in Lisbon

NewsWise

• Media Availability for Dr. Hotez: NEJM Commentary: ...
  Recent events in Haiti illustrate the urgent need for countries to stockpile and distribute cholera vaccines. Dr. Peter Hotez, President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and distinguished research professor and chair of The George Washington University Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropi ...
• Three NIST Scientists Earn Presidential Early Care ...
  Three NIST researchers have been chosen to receive Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
• 2010 Baldrige Award Winners Announced
  Seven organizations have been selected to receive the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improvement and visionary leadership. This marks the first year that three small businesses have been selected at ...
• Quartz Crystal Microbalances Enable New Microscale ...
  A new chemical analysis technique developed by a research group at NIST uses the shifting ultrasonic pitch of a small quartz crystal to test the purity of only a few micrograms of material.
• Breastfeeding While Taking Seizure Drugs May Not H ...
  There's good news for women with epilepsy. Breastfeeding your baby while taking your seizure medication may have no harmful effect on your child's IQ later on, according to a study published in the November 24, 2010, online issue of Neurology(r), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurol ...

Natural Health News

• Seva Cafe
  Seva, or service, is the selfless giving of oneself for the betterment of others and the world. At Seva Cafe, this takes the form of a "pay it forward" restaurant, where every meal is cooked and served with love.
• Want to Be Happier? Keep Your Focus
  Nearly half the time you're awake, our thoughts drift.� And how often your mind wanders is a predictor of how happy you are -- new research finds that the more often you take themselves out of the present moment, the less happy you are. U.S. News & World Report suggests the following 5 ways to keep ...
• What are the World's 10 Fattest Countries?
  The World Health Organization projects that five years from now, in 2015, the number of overweight adults will increase to 2.3 billion, up from just 1.6 billion five years ago. The Global Post lists the world's top ten fattest countries, as measured by the percentage of the population with a BMI in ...
• Excess Iron is a Marker of Heart Attack Risk
  Heart artery plaque is not always dangerous -- many of these buildups never erupt, dislodge and block a vessel, causing a potentially fatal heart attack.� Now, researchers have shown that iron is much more prevalent in the kind of plaque that is unstable and is thus more likely to promote a heart at ...
• Natural Compound Shows Promise Against Huntington' ...
  Fisetin, a compound found in strawberries and other fruits and vegetables, slows the onset of motor problems and delays death from Huntington's disease, according to researchers.� Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited disorder that slowly erodes victims' ability to walk, talk and reason. One in ...

Antemedius

• Robert Scheer: Appetites for Wealth
  Laura Flanders of GRITtv talks once again with Truthdig.com's Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer, author of "The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street", about Barack Obama's economic policies and team, about the blackmailing of ...
• All Hail The Decider-in-Chief
  Originally published at Asia Times If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it … For the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the state. - Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels On the same ...
• Thanksgiving Dinner For Forty (Again)
  This is re-post of my thoughts on Thanksgiving in a giant family. Sorry for the lack of originality but when I sat down to talk about Thanksgiving I found I could not say it any better than I already had. Cheers B- The winter holidays are nearly upon us. This time of year always makes me think of m ...
• Time To Tell Republicans; Let's You And Him Fight
  There are times when anyone involved in politics should be more concerned with governance than crass political advantage. After all there is always the peoples work to for any Congress or other political body to be about. Still there are times when it is worthwhile to make sure that you opponents ar ...
• Fed Up Judges Invalidating Mortgages Over Fraudule ...
  Let’s face it, people hate bankers. There are a lot of reasons to hate them these days, given that unbridled greed and a total lack of concern for anything other enriching themselves is in large part why we are in the mess we are right now. This is why you are likely to see more of what we are seein ...

Climategate

• Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
  Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
• ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks more tr ...
  ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
• How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
  What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “smoking g ...
• What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Report ...
  A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
• Schools call for a “balanced teaching of global wa ...
  USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

• A Response to Beth Van Schaack by Douglas Guilfoyl ...
  by MJIL by MJIL I am grateful to Professor Van Schaack for her thoughtful and considered response. It strikes me as an entirely fair criticism that – albeit in a short commentary focusing on the standards governing the use of force by governments – I neglected to explore fully issues of combatan ...
• A Response to Douglas Guilfoyle by Beth Van Schaac ...
  by MJIL by MJIL [Beth Van Schaack is an Associate Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law and contributor to IntLawGrrls.] Professor Guilfoyle’s article makes a discrete and important contribution to his growing body of work on maritime law and the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden. ...
• ‘The Laws of War and the Fight against Somali Pira ...
  by MJIL by MJIL [Dr Douglas Guilfoyle is a Lecturer in Law at the Faculty of Laws, University College London.] It is sometimes suggested that because pirates were described by classical authors as hostes humani generis (enemies of humankind) or because the Security Council has authorised the use ...
• Tory Mayor of London to Bush: Don’t Visit Europe
  by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller This is how real conservatives roll — not the faux American kind, who believe that waterboarding is wrong only when someone else is doing it: It is not yet clear whether George W Bush is planning to cross the Atlantic to flog us his memoirs, but if I we ...
• A Response to Frans G von der Dunk by Steven Freel ...
  by MJIL by MJIL I would like to thank Professor von der Dunk – who is a close friend and highly respected colleague – for taking the time to provide his thoughtful responses to my article ‘Fly Me to the Moon: How Will International Law Cope with Commercial Space Tourism’, published recently in th ...

Investigate - Breaking News

• RIP, men
  Our sympathies and prayers are with those left behind in the mine, and their families. Could NZ have done it better? Only an inquiry will tell us now. One thing I want to make clear, however. Much as I might...
• Methane didn't seem to scare US rescuers as much
  Armchair OSH apologists in the media and in Sci-blogs have been trying to justify the lack of a rescue in Greymouth because of the dangers from gases. I'm no mining engineer, so I stand to be corrected, but like many...
• Mine Blast: Cowardice in NZ Police
  I am staggered that police have so far failed to enter the mine because of poisonous gas. One man with breathing gear could sort this out. Hopeless.
• MINE BLAST: Australians and Brits among missing
  THe news conference on the NZ coal mine explosion has been told a number of foreigners, including Australians and British nationals, are among the missing.
• BREAKING: At least 29 missing
  Initial reports that up to five people survived yesterday's Pike River coalmine blast were wrong. The mine's CEO has just told a news conference only two people have surfaced, and three men who were expected to come out never did....

My Care2 Picks

• Journalists arrested at U.S. 'School of the Americ ...
  -Two journalists from the Moscow-based broadcast outlet Russia Today were arrested on November 20 while covering a protest against the U.S. military training center formerly known as the "School of the Americas" at Fort Benning, GeorgiaSubmitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! ...
• Communication or communion?
  A blogger introduces conversation on the need for real communication - the ironies and perversities of life - and perhaps even share the desire 'to unscrew the inscrutable.'Submitted by John Farnham to Offbeat �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Tunkashila 4 of 13
  Tunkashila is a documentary about sovereignty and self empowerment.Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Coal-Fired Power Plants Affect Our Health ! PLEASE ...
  A new study has shown that fine particle pollution from coal-fired power plants could cause an estimated 13,200 deaths in 2010 alone. That's on top of the 20,000 heart attacks and 9,700 hospitalizations that are expected each year as a result of exposureSubmitted by Cher C. to Health & Wellness �|� ...
• IRS Asked to Revoke AIPAC's Tax Exemption
  Today the Internal Revenue Service received a 1,389 page filing demanding that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC's) tax exempt status be retroactively revoked. Submitted by Margaret Mayer to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment

Angry Indian News

• Government yells "Terrorism" to justify TSA proced ...
  Government yells "Terrorism" to justify TSA procedures :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [vs-1] The public fury over the new TSA airport... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• US investors are funding Arab property takeovers i ...
  US investors are funding Arab property takeovers in Jerusalem :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [vs-1]: "OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Rights... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Israeli Ministry of Interior denies permanent resi ...
  Israeli Ministry of Interior denies permanent residency to Palestinian schoolchildren in Jerusalem :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [vs-1]:... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Swedish court rejects Assange appeal - The Local
  Swedish court rejects Assange appeal - The Local: "Assange has strongly denied the charges and hinted that they could be part of a 'smear campaign' against his whistleblower website for publishing... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Study on 'untouchables' can help end human rights ...
  Study on 'untouchables' can help end human rights abuses, says Notre Dame scholar: "(PhysOrg.com) -- The largest-ever study on the Dalits -- the so-called 'untouchables' of India -- reveals... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

Farm Wars

• TSA In the Crosshairs!
  AUDIO
• How to avoid both the naked body scanner and TSA g ...
  In order to enter the USA, I was never touched, I was never “Backscatted,” and I was never metal detected. In the end, it took 2.5 hours, but I proved that it is possible. I’m looking forward to my next flight on Wednesday.
• Pharma researchers working on drug to erase your m ...
  First, they send you off to war, and if you somehow manage to survive that, they erase your memories when you come back home so you can't talk to the press about what really happened.
• Farm Wars Public Service Announcement: Chemtrails
  AUDIO
• Truth Squad Radio with Chemtrail Guy Michael Murph ...
  This Sunday we will be talking with Michael about the journey he made while making the film "What in the World are they Spraying?" as well as the Coalition Against Geoengineering and a DVD program in which he will use all donated DVDs or monetary donations to purchase DVDs for the purpose of duplica ...

True/Slant Headline Grabs

• The stupidity of crowds helps kill a planet - Todd ...
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• Sex, death, and the noble American toad - Scott Bo ...
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• How to save a fishery: owning, renting, and expand ...
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• ‘Gossip Girl’ unethical because of threesome? - La ...
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Citizens for Legitimate Government

• U.S. may replace color-coded terror-alert system w ...
  ShareThisU.S. may replace color-coded terror-alert system with more-specific warnings 24 Nov 2010 The Obama administration is considering abandoning the color-coded terrorism-alert system that became a barometer of the nation's anxieties after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and replacing it with adviso ...
• Korean conflict termed 'US provocation'
  ShareThisKorean conflict termed 'US provocation' 25 Nov 2010 Tensions are running high in the Korean Peninsula as the North threatens further attacks to counter what it has described as South Korea's provocations. A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday saying that ...
• US worried about new WikiLeaks' release
  ShareThisUS worried about new WikiLeaks' release 24 Nov 2010 The United States is concerned about a big dumping of classified documents by WikiLeaks which is expected to include diplomatic cables, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said. "We are gearing up for the worst-case scenario, that le ...
• 'Critical habitat' set aside in Alaska for polar b ...
  ShareThis'Critical habitat' set aside in Alaska for polar bears 24 Nov 2010 The setting aside of 187,000 square miles in Alaska as "critical habitat" for polar bears could have an impact on oil and gas drilling, federal and environmental officials said Wednesday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ( ...
• Iraqi journalist shot dead
  ShareThisIraqi journalist shot dead 24 Nov 2010 Gunmen shot and killed a young journalist at his home in Iraq in front of his family on Sunday, according to an interior ministry official. Mazin al-Baghdadi was employed as an anchor and reporter for al-Mousiliyya TV in Iraq's northern city of Mosul. ...

The Briefing Room | Investigate

• RIP, men
  Our sympathies and prayers are with those left behind in the mine, and their families. Could NZ have done it better? Only an inquiry will tell us now. One thing I want to make clear, however. Much as I might...
• Methane didn't seem to scare US rescuers as much
  Armchair OSH apologists in the media and in Sci-blogs have been trying to justify the lack of a rescue in Greymouth because of the dangers from gases. I'm no mining engineer, so I stand to be corrected, but like many...
• Mine Blast: Cowardice in NZ Police
  I am staggered that police have so far failed to enter the mine because of poisonous gas. One man with breathing gear could sort this out. Hopeless.
• MINE BLAST: Australians and Brits among missing
  THe news conference on the NZ coal mine explosion has been told a number of foreigners, including Australians and British nationals, are among the missing.
• BREAKING: At least 29 missing
  Initial reports that up to five people survived yesterday's Pike River coalmine blast were wrong. The mine's CEO has just told a news conference only two people have surfaced, and three men who were expected to come out never did....

Mondoweiss

• Brooklyn-Jenin: The boycott Is legitimate for prom ...
  Oh, Weakness On the way from Brooklyn to Jenin I stopped for a bit of a rest in Tel Aviv and saw that the community of creative artists was still in an uproar around the Ariel Culture Hall issue. I think that some things should be said in the name of militant art and the more [...]
• For killing 9 on the flotilla, Israel should apolo ...
  As many of you know, the Simon Wiesenthal Center is building a museum of "tolerance" on a Muslim cemetery in� Jerusalem. You can see the construction walls in this picture's middle ground, amidst the gravestones. Another branch of the LA-based Wiesenthal center is on 42d Street in New York; and last ...
• The Palestinian right of return is not for the US, ...
  When discussing possible solutions to the current Israeli/Palestinian impasse during a�recent panel discussion entitled "Jewish Perspectives on the Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions Movement," participant Gil Kulick suggested a return to the proposals of the 2000 Clinton Parameters, the 2002�Nusseibeh-Ay ...
• Arava Institute claims to promote peace, but remai ...
  The�Arava Institute�s�online event��With Earth and Each Other,��held�Sunday, November 14, exemplified why the Palestinian call for a�boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions�is vital. The event was billed as a celebration of Palestinians,�Israelis and Jordanians working together for the ...
• Israel holds entire family in detention–incl ...
  and other news from Today in Palestine:Settlers/ Land, Property, Resource Theft & Destruction/Ethnic Cleansing Israel razes Palestinian home in E.Jerusalem (AFP) AFP - Israeli police on Wednesday razed an illegally-built house in occupied east Jerusalem, shortly before the Palestinian owner arrived ...

Vaccine Resistance Movement

• VRM: Vaccine Clinic – A Concise Compendium To The ...
  PRIMARY FACTORS WHICH DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF VACCINE RELATED NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE: 1. POINT OF ENTRY Vaccines are injected into deep muscle tissue, a route which literally bypasses one’s natural defences altogether. Thus the body is left vulnerable to live viruses, heavy metals, antibiotics, deterge ...
• VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 2 – Syne ...
  Toxicity is defined in the Medical lexicon as “a condition that results from exposure to a toxin or to toxic amounts of a substance that does not cause adverse effects in smaller amounts.” Vaccine-induced toxicity, while similar in some respects to this model, requires a deeper understanding in term ...
• VRM: The Awakening Has Begun
  On the heals of Ukraine’s 2009 Black Lung Infection, a mysterious variation of flu which bypassed trachea, targeting the lungs directly, a “bilateral pneumonia, the result of viral distress syndrome, i.e the total destruction of the lungs.” (1.3 million infected, over 75,000 hospitalized), eye witn ...
• VRM: GlaxosmitheKline Herpes Vaccine Fails Safety ...
  GlaxoSmythKline recently conducted safety trial studies on their new experimental Genital Herpes vaccine ‘Simplirix’. 8,323 women aged 18-30 years participated in the trial at 50 sites in the US & Canada. Based on the results the product has failed miserably. The question is why were these women inf ...
• VRM: Closed Door CDC Meeting Reveals Industry Cove ...
  VACCINE INDUSTRY COVER-UP EXPOSED – Selected vaccine authorities from CDC, FDA, and manufacturers discussed, in a closed meeting, the possibility of neurodevelopment disorders resulting from vaccine components. Documents released through the Freedom of Information Act detail the transcript of a meet ...

B.C. Preppers Network

• You Know You're Getting Old When...
  A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.� A cute little luxury featur ...
• Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
  Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for.�If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditioner for ...
• Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
  After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new low- ...
• Strawberry Picking
  Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller. T ...
• Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
  I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal for o ...

Michael Yon

• Perspectives on Afghanistan
  Published: 24 November 2010 Please click here to view the entire Article.   {loadposition user8}
• A Moment of Peace
  23 November 2010One evening last year in Laos, I saw this monk reading in a window.� With the holiday season upon us, I remembered this moment of peace and thought you might like to share it.Please click to download a free Moment of Peace. {loadposition user8}
• Moonshine on Ama Dablam
  22 November 2010 Recently, I published an image that became popular.� While perusing the photos from that night in the Himalaya in Nepal, a similar but better image popped up.� The moon shining off the mountain grabbed and held my eye, and I thought some people might like to share this moment. �Moo ...
• Michael Yon invited by Brits and US to embed again
  Published in The US Report at theusreport.com Published on June 24, 2010 by Kay B. Day Michael Yon has been invited to embed again by both Great Britain and the US.Michael Yon isn’t a correspondent who sparks a neutral reaction in the reader. You either love him or you don’t. There’s not much of an ...
• Heavenly Shower
  Published: 16 November 2010 The Himalaya near Mount Everest are ruthless and serene, while the stars tracing above are without love or grudge.� Seasonal tides of fair and foul weather wash in thousands of trekkers, and more ambitious climbers who kletter by night and day.� Many reach their aspiratio ...

The Killing Train

• Political theory interlude
  Manuel suggested I read Norberto Bobbio, an Italian socialist writer on democracy. So I picked up his "Which Socialism?" In it, Bobbio argues that there's no necessary connection between democracy and socialism. Contrary to what socialists would like to believe, democracy doesn't automatically happe ...
• Canadian democracy - procedural tricks to kill the ...
  Canada's weak climate change bill was killed by the Senate today (see the star article for example). The Harper people's vision for the country isn't compatible with trying to stop climate change. This is known, and unsurprising. What is interesting to me is the procedural trick used to make this c ...
• The Haditha Massacre in the Iraq War Diary
  I did a query of the Iraq War Diary for all entries on November 19, 2005 (there were 179). Among them was this entry on the Haditha massacre. It has been seriously redacted, possibly more than other entries, as it appears quite incomplete, with no explanation of how the casualties came about: Report ...
• The First Battle of Fallujah 2004 in the Iraq War ...
  Below I look at incidents in April 2004, during “The First Battle of Fallujah”. In some ways the account of the battle in the war logs confirms what was reported, but some of the details (such as when ceasefires were announced) are different. The war logs probably understate civilian deaths. They do ...
• Citation thoughts
  I spent some time looking at Yves Engler's "Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy" and "Canada and Israel" and noticed that he cites work in a non-standard way. Dawn Paley's recent review of the Black Book, posted on the Vancouver Media Co-op, describes it this way, and I agree: read more

treehugger

• Forget Football, Watch Live Feed of Rainforest Ani ...
  Photo via kodismom More often than not, if the television is on during Thanksgiving day, it's tuned into the football games. However, there's something even better you could be watching today. The World Land Trust (WLT) and the Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu (REGUA), an organization that protect ...
• Handmade Kids Booties Help Keep WeeHuggers Warm
  Photo: Orland Boot and Shoe Company Earlier this season we oohed and awed over cute, cozy slippers made with recycled wool sweaters and leather jackets and now, there's another crush-worthy slipper company that has us looking for a WeeHugger of our own to dress. Enter Orland Boot and Shoe Compa ...
• Dirty Rags; from old uniforms to funky object (Pho ...
  Dirty Rags at Elisava Design School. Image Credit: Vicente Zambrano What can you do with 1.285 bright green used uniforms? This was the brief the design students at Elisava school in Barcelona received by Urbaser, a local waste collection and urban cleaning company. Not only were they asked to ...
• Beat the Christmas Rush: Celebrate Chanukah
  Photo: modern tribe Chanukah, the Jewish holiday, comes early this year, so there are some frantic shoppers out there already. Here is a little guide to some green and special presents, just in time for the first night of the holiday which takes place on the first of December. There are m ...
• Are Disposable eReaders In Our Future?
  Image via University of Cincinnati Scientists at University of Cincinnati have figured out how to use a plain old sheet of paper as a surface for electrowetting, the technology behind e-paper such as used in e-readers and similar devices. It sounds like a dream come true because, as the researc ...

Democratic Voice of Burma

• DVB broadcasts into Wa state
  Wa army begins broadcasts of DVB on terrestrial television across UWSA-controlled areas of Shan state in northestern Burma
• Thailand blames DKBA for damaged trade
  Head of breakaway Karen faction responds by saying that it was the closure of border crossings in July that damaged bilateral trade
• Burma world’s only landmine user
  Burmese government continues to use landmines despite every other country putting an end to globally banned practice
• New Myanmar is the hell-hole old Burma (Pt. 2)
  Defeatism about Burma has caught hold of the thinking of many who worry about the country, but feel no hope of real change
• Jailed monk hails Suu Kyi’s release
  Smuggled letter from U Gambira, who is serving a 63-year sentence, adds that Suu Kyi's release must not detract from the wider struggle

Telegraph - Climate Change

• Cancun Climate Conference: Chris Huhne says the wo ...
  Chris Huhne, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, has promised to get the 'show back on the road' towards an international agreement to stop global warming.
• Tigers and polar bears among most vulnerable to cl ...
  Tigers and polar bears' huge appetites make them much more vulnerable to environmental change, scientists said today.
• Scarlett Johansson lends her voice to climate chan ...
  Scarlett Johansson has become the latest celebrity to join the campaign against climate change.
• Carbon emissions: tips to save money and reduce CO ...
  Cutting carbon emissions can be as simple as changing your driving habits and buying differently in the supermarket. Here are some tips for you to do your bit.
• Climate Change: Cancun conference centre has poor ...
  Cancun is an inauspicious spot for an attempt to get international climate negotiations back on track - for the Mexican resort is probably the world's most calamitous conference centre.

National Geographic | Environment

• "Flamboyant" New Squid Worm Surprises, Delights Ex ...
  With head tentacles and iridescent "oars," the new sea species is "definitely flamboyant," one expert said. "I'm delighted by it."
• How Shark Scales Give the Predators Deadly Speed
  Scales on a shark's body "bristle" to reduce drag, helping the predator hunt fast-moving prey, new research suggests.
• Sea Turtles Match Breathing to Dive Depths?
  A new study shows that leatherback turtle buoyancy is likely determined by the amount of air they inhale above the surface before they dive. Video.
• First Fishing Bat Discovered in Europe
  The long-fingered bat is the first bat species in the Mediterranean known to catch and eat fish, scientists say.
• New Satellite Pictures: "Magnificent" Views of Ear ...
  NoneSee Earth's largest sand sea, swirling ice "galaxies," Van Gogh-ready algae, and more in a new collection of artistic satellite images.

Jurist - Legal Research

• Spain judge orders release of Guatemala's former i ...
  [JURIST] A Spanish judge on Tuesday ordered the release of former Guatemalan interior minister Carlos Vielmann after authorities in Guatemala failed to request his extradition. Vielmann has been imprisoned in Spain [El Mundo report, in Spanish] since his arrest in Madrid last month, and was to be ex ...
• Federal jury convicts 5 Somali pirates
  [JURIST] A jury for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia [official website] on Wednesday convicted five Somali men on charges of piracy [JURIST news archive], the first such conviction in the US in nearly 200 years. The men were found guilty on charges of piracy, attacking to p ...
• US officer discharged under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell ...
  [JURIST] US Air Force Major Margaret Witt, who was discharged under the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) [10 USC § 654; JURIST news archive] policy, will become the first openly gay person to serve in the US military after the Obama administration Wednesday did not pursue a stay of a previou ...
• Germany high court upholds genetically modified cr ...
  [JURIST] Germany's Federal Constitutional Court [official website, in German] on Wednesday upheld restrictions [judgment, in German; press release] on the use of genetically modified (GM) crops. The German state of Saxony-Anhalt had challenged the 2008 law, which requires "buffer zones" between GM a ...
• Kyrgyzstan court sentences 19 Uzbeks for murder an ...
  [JURIST] A court in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday sentenced 19 ethnic Uzbeks for their involvement in the June 2010 ethnic violence [Guardian backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that resulted in more than 300 deaths and an additional 2,000 injuries. Seventeen of the Uzbeks received life sentences and two r ...

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

• After North Korean Attack, Obama Waits for Beijing
  In the wake of North Korea's artillery fusillade, President Obama's foreign-policy team is looking to see whether China, which has the most leverage with the isolated regime, responds in a way that the administration considers productive. MORE FROM NATIONAL JOURNAL: Ostrich Oversight? ...
• I Am a Blogger No Longer
  This is my final blog post for The Atlantic. Five years ago, as a way to boost the competitive metabolism of The Hotline, Chuck Todd hired me away from ABC News to create "Hotline On Call."  I was to be the first political reporter working for a mainstream news organization whose output would be exc ...
• Billy Joel Explains the Election
  What explains the partial collapse of the Democratic Party in the industrial Midwest? Billy Joel, in Allentown, caught the moment decades before it happened...the last time the economy in Pennsylvania transitioned away from coal and steel.  Educated, hard-working people. The generational tension. Th ...
• Obama Considers Staff Changes, Ever So Carefully
  Despite urgent pleas from Democrats that he shake up his White House staff, President Obama will proceed with a plan he put in place before the election, one that calls for a careful review the structure of his office before making changes.  Chief of Staff Peter Rouse is leading the review, and Obam ...
• 2012! It's Never Too Early for Mitt-Chif
  Item: Someone has set up this website: http://mittromneyflipflops.com/ Item: An advertisement for displaying Romney's congratulations to Michigan's governor elect, Rick Synder, shows up on people's Facebook page.  This is odd because Romney never endorsed Snyder; he endorsed Rep. Pete Hoekstra in th ...

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

• [COAT] Success! AntiCANSEC arms-bazaar campaign - ...
• [COAT] Raging Grans video: CANSEC-NO CANSEX-YES!&q ...
• [COAT] Arms Bazaar in Ottawa Citizen, letters-to-e ...
• [COAT] Oppose the CANSEC War Machine! - coat
• [COAT] Letters-to-Editor needed re:CANSEC weapons ...

Bulletin of American Scientists - News

• US and Vietnam sign nuclear energy agreement | Ass ...
• SKorea on alert after ship hit by mysterious blast ...
• Obama administration may send U.S.-Russia arms tre ...
• Energy Secretary Steven Chu on the nation's energy ...
• More tritium found at Vt. Yankee, NRC plans closed ...

Tikun Olam

• TSA Screwing Up Airport Security? Turn to Israel ...
  Why can’t the U.S. be more like Israel? I’d like to do a forensic search to root out the origin of the latest media meme that, given the mess that TSA appears to be making of the new full body airport security screenings, we should turn to Israel as a model for how to do [...] Related posts:Israel ...
• Steve Emerson Scammin’ the IRS
  The Forward has published a revealing expose of the ways in which anti-jihadi entrepreneur, Steve Emerson, has exploited loopholes in IRS regulations to refuse to comply with the most basic provisions of the 501c3 code.  Not only is his refusal to adhere to the rules astonishing but the excuses he ...
• Brad Burston: Jews of the Gate (JVP) vs. Jews of t ...
  Recently, I wrote a post about a talk Brad Burston, the Haaretz columnist, gave in Seattle that was hosted by J Street.  I said some tough things about Brad’s remarks that night and he was open-handed and gracious enough not to take personal offense, as so many large-egoed journalists tend to do.  ...
• IAEA Inspectors: Stuxnet May’ve Shut Down Iranian ...
  Based on interviews with unnamed IAEA inspectors, AP is claiming that virtually all the centrifuge arrays used in the Iranian uranium enrichment program have been temporarily shut down.  The suspicion is that the Israeli Stuxnet attack has caused serious damage not just to Natanz, but to Bushehr as ...
• Ethan Bronner: Israel-Palestine Conflict ‘Largely ...
  I like to follow Ethan Bronner’s writing for the N.Y. Times not so much because I’ll learn much, but rather to see how torturous the writing and thinking of a liberal Zionist must be in covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for a major western newspaper.  And his report in today’s Week in Revie ...

Ode Magazine

• Words that heal
  The psychological upside of writing it all down. Photo: Corbis Photography Has your physician ever asked you to write about the worst day of your life? Probably not. Yet the Journal of the American Medical Association recently published a clinical study showing that writing ca ...
• The usefulness of enemies
  Two stories about what worthy opponents can teach us. The enemy without My reader Murali, from India, tells the story of a girl who decided to climb a mountain to visit her grandmother. It was pouring rain and a cold wind was blowing. Thunder rolled at each second. When she had al ...
• Feast on your life
  By: Chintana "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." J.R.R. Tolkien I sit watching my husband mold sticky rice into the shape of a small pine cone in his right hand. The scene reflects for me, on so many ...
• Detach from peace
  By: PeaceCorso I bet that title is a surprising piece of advice coming from me, the inner peace activist! It took me a long time to learn this lesson in my peace work, and if I can pass along this wisdom to you, I’ll be grateful, and you’ll be relieved. H ...
• The Stitching Studio: more meaning in the making
  By: BrookeApplegarth Women seeking refuge in the U.S. from war torn countries like Sudan, Iraq and Bhutan face many challenges upon their arrival. Lacking English language skills and work experience, it is difficult for these women - many of which are single mother ...

OpEd News

• Exposing Israel's Fraudulent Third Periodic Report ...
  The facts expose Israeli falsehoods.
• AMERICAN ANNOUNCES HUNGER STRIKE AGAINST MAJOR NGO ...
  The cholera epidemic is sweeping through Haiti much faster than anticipated largely due to inadequate response from the world community. Chuck McCone, Executive Director of the Prizm Foundation, has commenced a hunger strike until recalcitrant NGO's who should know better begin to properly address t ...
• NATO, is there an alternative? You bet.
  The combined military spending of NATO is 70% of the world's total military spending, with the United States alone accounting for 43% of the world's total military spending. It is clear that the purpose of such massive military hardware and fire power is to bully and intimidate nations to compel ...
• U.S. Recruits Russia As Junior Partner To Maintain ...
  U.S. Recruits Russia As Junior Partner To Maintain Global Dominance
• CFR President Richard Haass Plays Six Degrees of I ...
  Just like movie buffs love to play the trivia game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," foreign policy think tank leaders and members love to play "Six Degrees of Iran." Basically, any foreign conflict or incident especially ones that the U.S. could have played a clear role in exacerbating must somehow be ...

Switchboard

• Being thankful for polar bears
  Today brought some much needed good news for Alaska’s polar bears.  In response to a lawsuit brought by NRDC, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Greenpeace, the Obama Administration finalized the designation of 187,000 square miles of “critical habitat” for the polar bear. As ...
• Yellowstone grizzlies: don't shoot the messenger
    Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association, a self-proclaimed Bible-based advocacy organization, has a solution to this year’s unusual fatal grizzly bear attacks season:  “shoot these man-eaters on sight.”  This mass slaughter of bears, according to Mr. Fisher, is directly san ...
• India at Cancun - What The Global Community Should ...
  India will join other countries next week at Cancun to try and work towards solutions for global climate change. Over the past year India has already shown leadership on this critical problem, and we expect that it will continue to be positive and proactive at the upcoming Sixteenth Co ...
• EPA issues new rule requiring reporting of greenho ...
  Good news! Despite industry opposition, earlier this month the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) went ahead and issued a rule that requires the oil and gas industry to join EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program--just like other major polluters. Producers will have to begin me ...
• Mounting human-grizzly conflicts in Yellowstone: w ...
  This year has been like none I can remember in my 25 years of conservation work in the Yellowstone ecosystem, in terms of the number of human injuries and conflicts caused by grizzly bears.  But, there are also some positive stories of innovative and proactive efforts by people tryin ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

• Annual Post Arguing That Thanksgiving Does Not Req ...
  Ron Rosenbaum provides some new content: White meat turkey has no taste. Its slabs of dry, fibrous material are more like cardboard conveyances, useful only for transporting flavorsome food like stuffing and gravy from plate to mouth. It’s less a foodstuff than a turkey app, simulated meat, a hyperl ...
• Happy Thanksgiving!
  Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers from everyone at LGM, except for Scott who has a bad attitude about turkey and is Canadian in any case. Related posts:Happy Thanksgiving! Annual Post Arguing That Thanksgiving Does Not Require Bland Food Happy Thanksgiving! Related posts:Happy Thanksgivi ...
• He’s #1!
  Hard to argue with Cohen, although Halperin and Freidman sure do make it tough. Related posts:"How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Genocide" I Do Not Think That Word Means What You Think it Means… McCain Tongue Bath Watch Related posts:"How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Genocide" I ...
• Liberal McCarthyism
  I have to agree with Greenwald that this would-be smearing of John Tyner is an embarrassment. The basic thrust of the article is to invoke “Koch” the way wingers invoke “Soros” — to preemptively discredit any critic whether or not there’s any actual direct connection and without engagement on the ...
• Bad “Intelligence”
  Blake Hounshell rips on NATO for only now figuring out that the high-ranking Taliban leader with with whom they had been in negotiations over the future of the country was an impostor: How embarrassing. If only they’d looked out for these 10 ways of telling the true Talib from the con man, we would ...

Desert Research Institute

• Taking Your Home’s Energy Temperature
  An article authored by DRI Associate Research Professor Emeritus Charles “Fred “Rogers, Ph.D., outlines the best practices for homeowners who are looking to save money on their home heating and cooling bills.
• DRI Researcher Earns National Science Foundation M ...
  DRI Research Professor Hans Moosmüller, Ph.D. and colleagues received $649,801 from the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program to develop a Photo-Acoustic Light Absorption and Albedo Spectrometer (PALAAS) for the characterization of aerosol radiative forcing in the ...
• DRI Researcher Develops Bioengineering Company
  DRI’s Joseph J. Grzymski, Ph.D. partnered with Adam G. Marsh, Ph.D. from the University of Delaware to develop Evozym Biologics, a company created to bridge the gap between research and innovation and commercial value.
• DRI Researcher Authors New Book
  William Albright, Ph.D., DRI research hydrogeologist, is lead author of Water Balance Covers for Waste Containment Principles and Practice about selection and design of an innovative new method for final closure of solid waste landfills. The new cover designs offer reduced cost, excellent environmen ...
• The American Indian Science and Engineering Societ ...
  The Most Promising Engineer/Scientist Award will be presented to Dr. Karletta Chief at the 32nd American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Annual National Conference.

Earth Techling

• Does E-Waste Impact Human Development?
• Utah Wind Farm Growing To Feed LA
• LEED Seeks 3rd Party Software Apps
• Solar E-Bike Charging Expands In Japan
• Major U.S. Utility Invests $5B in Green

National Law Journal | U.S.

• ADR: What providers can do to promote efficiency
  Topping the list is adopting rules limiting arbitration time, extensive discovery and motion practice.
• On Borrowed Time
  EEOC members are unconfirmed, but agenda is still ambitious.
• Globalization: Law schools get serious
  Nearly 130 of the 200 American Bar Association-approved law schools offer ABA-sanctioned programs in foreign countries during breaks in the regular school year, and now the organization is weighing whether to offer accreditation to overseas law schools.
• Legal Times 150
  With the recent passage of financial and health care reform, Washington may look like the land of legal opportunity. But even in D.C., firms have shed lawyers at a nearly unprecedented clip. Our annual ranking of the largest law offices in the nation's capital reports a 4.5% reduction in headcount f ...
• CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING & BANKRUPTCY: A SPECIAL RE ...
  No magic bullet, but case law may show a way to get around protections for public pensions.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

• Under the Influence of Fracking?
  In addition to the environmental and health threats posed by gas drilling, driving on PA roadways is also becoming more dangerous.  The Pennsylvania State Police and the Department of Environmental Protection announced that during an October three-day joint safety enforcement operation, three out of ...
• Speaking Out on Water Issues
  Tiadaghton Audubon Society is pleased and privileged to have Sean Saville, National Field Director of the National Audubon Society speak on the Gulf Oil Spill at our annual meeting on Wednesday November 17 at 7:30PM in Mansfield Pa at the Holy Child Church, 242 South Main St. He has extensive and in ...
• DEP Makes Oil and Gas Operations More Transparent
  COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Dept. of Environmental Protection Commonwealth News Bureau Room 308, Main Capitol Building Harrisburg PA., 17120 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11/1/2010 CONTACT: Jamie Legenos, Department of Environmental Protection 717-787-1323   DEP Makes Oil and Gas Operations More Transpare ...
• Failing to Pass a Severance Tax…
  Below some comments from the press and PennFuture about the state of the State’s budget sans a tax on drilling. Inaction on drill tax has a bad odor to it Sunday, October 24, 2010 By Brian O’Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette …. Its [PA's Legislature] latest gaffe is passing on collecting tens of milli ...
• Stephanie Hallowich in National Geographic
  Stephanie Hallowich has had one of the worst experiences with natural gas drilling in PA and she has also been one of the loudest voices, speaking out for her family and others in the same situations. Her story was picked up by National Geographic and can be found at the below link. She had this [.. ...

News Blaze

• Vision Industries Corp Announces Completion of Mor ...
  European Investment Fund and Vision Industries of El Segundo, California, announced the completion of two rounds of convertible bond financing with a major European investment fund for a total of more than $1 Million.
• UN Renews Office in Guinea-Bissau Citing Instab ...
  In the resolution that was unanimously adopted today, the Council voiced concern about the lack of civilian oversight and control of the armed forces and the continued detentions without due process of law that followed the events of 1 April.
• U.S. Aircraft George Washington Joins South Korea ...
  U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak have agreed to stage joint naval exercises as a first response to North Korea's shelling of a South Korean military installation today.
• Angry Birds Coming To Xbox, PS3, & Wii Next Year; ...
  Rovio plans to release Angry Birds to the Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3 next year, and they are also working on Angry Birds 2
• UN Reports 50,000 Cholera Cases in Haiti Amidst ...
  Nigel Fisher, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, said that epidemiologists in the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) - the regional arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) - estimate that the number of cases could be as high as 70,00

environment 360

• Tiger Summit Approves Plan To Double Populations o ...
  Leaders from 13 nations where tigers are still found in the wild agreed on a conservation plan they hope will double populations of the endangered cat by 2022. The leaders, meeting in Russia for the International Tiger Conservation Forum, pledged to support a wide-ranging plan that includes restorat ...
• Earth as Art: Satellite Portraits from Space
  In this collection of satellite photographs, the U.S. Geological Survey has assembled a colorful and striking portrait of the Earth’s land and sea surfaces as seen from space. These Landsat images, compiled in the Photo gallery USGS/NASAEarth as Art: Antarctica’s Byrd Glacier “Earth as Art 3” coll ...
• Interview: A Blunt Warning On the Risks of BPA in ...
  The synthetic chemical Bisphenol A, or BPA, is found in everything from plastic bottles, to the linings of aluminum cans, to cash register receipts. But in addition to being a mainstay of the plastics industry, BPA is a potent, estrogen-mimicking compound. One of the world’s leading researchers into ...
• A Warning by Key Researcher On Risks of BPA in Our ...
  The synthetic chemical, BPA — found in everything from plastic bottles to cash register receipts — is a potent, estrogen-mimicking compound. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, biologist Frederick vom Saal harshly criticizes U.S. corporations and government regulators for covering up — or ign ...
• Children’s Drinking Glasses Contain Lead and Cadmi ...
  Drinking glasses decorated with cartoon superheroes and movie characters were found to contain the dangerous chemical cadmium and levels of lead lead far exceed federal safety standards for children’s products, according to a laboratory analysis commissioned by the Associated Press. The enamel used ...

Red Ice Creations

• Greater Canadian military role in space?
  It won’t look like a scene from Star Wars, but the man in charge of space development for the defence department predicts the initial steps of the next major conflict are more than likely to start in orbit and Canada should be prepared. There will "absolutely" be more of a military role for Canada i ...
• Glue made from genetically modified bacteria can k ...
  A bacteria that can knit together cracks in concrete structures by producing a special ‘glue’ has been developed by British scientists. The genetically-modified microbe has been programmed to swim down fine cracks in the concrete. Once at the bottom it produces a mixture of calcium carbonate and a b ...
• Vatican: Condom use less evil than spreading HIV
  Using a condom is a lesser evil than transmitting HIV to a sexual partner -- even if that means a woman averts a possible pregnancy, the Vatican said Tuesday, signalling a seismic shift in papal teaching. The latest interpretation of Benedict’s comments about condoms and HIV essentially means the Ro ...
• TSA: Some gov’t officials to skip airport security
  Aviation security officials would not name those who can skip the controversial screening, but other officials said those VIPs range from top officials like Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and FBI Director Robert Mueller to congressional leaders like incoming House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, ...
• Flying snakes’ secret revealed
  What no one knows is exactly how these reptiles manage to fly so far without wings. Now, a new study finds that the snakes’ amazing aerial abilities may all be in the way they move. "For any flier, you really need to know the basics: How fast is it going, what’s the shape of the flier, what is the s ...

Russia Today

• Orphans complain to president putting care system ...
  Children from a Russian orphanage specializing in mental disabilities have caused a national outcry after writing a letter to President Dmitry Medvedev complaining about the conditions they live in.
• SOC plans to strengthen security cooperation
  Security cooperation and joint international projects have been the focus of a Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting.
• Alleged Chechen terror recruiters detained in Euro ...
  At least 26 people have been arrested in Europe on terrorism charges, and allegedly have links with Chechen militants, Belgian authorities have announced.
• War hysteria could lead to full-scale conflict on ...
  As tensions between North and South Korea heat up, Russia warns against the danger of escalating aggression.
• Rare catch: fishermen find ancient treasure on riv ...
  Two fishermen have found more than a kilo of ancient gold jewelry, buried on the bottom of the river. Experts believe the find could be about 2,000 years old.

Dad2059′s Webzine of Science Fiction, Science Fact and Esoterica

• Taking week off
  Due to the holiday this week, ol’ Dad is taking the week off for the family and catch up on some schoolwork. I can now say this with some confidence in that visitors can take advantage of my now extensive archive of interesting articles and posts. Enjoy the holidays and don’t be afraid to leave [... ...
• Rebuttal: What did NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Tele ...
  On November 15th 2010 this past Monday, NASA released a finding that the Chandra X-Ray Telescope discovered an infant black hole in our “nearby” galactic neighborhood (50 million light-years). Black holes are the theoretical “singularity” in which when a super-massive star explodes (goes nova) the r ...
• Secret Map of Britain
  I don’t usually use the Above Top Secret site as a reference, but this came through The Debris Field and a site named ‘what’s all this, then?’ and it piqued my curiosity. The title of the article is “The Secret Map of Britain” and it’s not entirely what you think it is: A recent thread [...]
• Inexplicata: Uncanny Mexican UFOs
  UFOs are a tradition in Mexico and Latin America at large as this uncanny video show. Notice how the UFO splits apart into two “stages”, perhaps indicating the nuts and bolts theory of UFOs. However in a witness interview the person indicates the UFO came down and “healed” him, which appeals to the ...
• The Paracast: Dr. Frank Salisbury
  This past Sunday Gene Steinberg and co-host Chris O’Brien interview Dr. Frank Salisbury and discuss nuts n’ bolts UFOs, the paranormal theory of UFOs, Jacques Vallee, the Skinwalker Ranch, the “greys” theology and parallel dimensions. Excellent interview. Dr. Frank Salisbury Interview

Tippers News

• DNA testing a proven weapon in fight against human ...
  DNA testing is a proven aid in solving child trafficking cases in the country, a well-known international research institute says.Submitted by Rose Earth to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Three men helped starve kids, court tol
  Three men helped starve five children in Adelaide until they looked like they had came from a famine-affected Third World country, a court has been told.Submitted by Rose Earth to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Chinese sex traders challenge verdict
  The three Chinese nationals who were jailed by an Accra Circuit Court for transporting 10 Chinese girls into the country and engaging them in sex trade have appealed against the verdict. Submitted by Rose Earth to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• The real terrorist was me - US Soldier -
  The Truth from a American Soldier who fought in an Unjust WAR in Iraq; thankfully his conscience willed him to admit that it was just a war for the rich elite few to get richer and had nothing to do with Patriosm or Security of Americans.He is a True HeroSubmitted by Mary P. to US Politics & Gov't ...
• BRUTAL TRUTH Of IRAQ WAR
  'War' on any country is a 'Terrorist Act.' How can it be anything else?? People sit in their cosy homes; happy and Falsely believing that the soldiers are in a Patriotic War; Well see for yourself and ask Whats Patriotic about Suffering of Human Beings?Submitted by Mary P. to US Politics & Gov't � ...

The Freeman

• Plenty to Be Thankful For
  Despite all of that gloom and doom, there’s still lots of good news to be found.
• Does Saving Reduce GDP?
  Warren C. Gibson’s article, “GDP: Who Needs It?” in the May 2010 edition of the Freeman, asserts an inconsistency. He correctly denigrates the Keynesian notion of promoting consumption spending as a means of promoting GDP growth: “The predominance of consumption seems to have spawned the bizarre not ...
• Rules, Regulation, and Mixed Martial Arts
  The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) illustrates well the benefits of limiting rules and regulations, and provides an example of immense success despite—rather than because of—government intervention. The UFC, which hosts mixed martial arts (MMA) events, has grown immensely popular in recent yea ...
• Rare Earth Elements: Stockpile or Markets?
  Quick, what do you know about lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium, or dysprosium? If you said they are chemical elements, you are right: numbers 57, 59, 60, and 66, to be exact. They and their neighbors on the periodic table, collectively “rare earths,” were once mere curiosities tucked in between ba ...
• This Is Your Country On Drugs: The Secret History ...
  Americans really like to get high, and they’ll go out of their way to do so even when the government threatens to punish them. That’s the theme that comes through strongest in Ryan Grim’s This Is Your Country On Drugs, a look at the relationship among Americans, the drugs they use, and their governm ...

Teaching Online Journalism

• Advice for journalism educators in Africa
  While I was attending the annual Online News Association conference a week ago, one of several great panels I sat in on was titled “From Earthquakes to Coups: Tools for Crisis Reporting.” I’ve been interested in crisis mapping and other crowdsourced efforts during disasters ever since I learned how ...
• Best advice for Soundslides
  I was asking around recently, among my friends at other j-schools who teach photojournalism. Yes, they are still teaching Soundslides. The No. 1 reason is almost unanimous: It’s a great transition from making stills to making video. I think it also helps — a lot — with teaching storytelling. Right ...
• Storytelling 101 with ‘The Annoying Orange’
  Let’s look at storytelling again. I always use this diagram to show students how to structure a very short video story or audio slideshow (120 seconds): Recently a student showed me this video, and I noticed that at about 1 min. 30 sec., it illustrates the story arc perfectly! ...
• Journalism education: Irrelevant, or lacking conte ...
  Journalism students around the world seem to be very similar. Many of them say this: Personally, I enrolled in a journalism course because I wanted to get into magazines or newspaper column writing — less hard news, more conversational. That comes from a June 2010 column at MediaShift, written b ...
• Boring old news media: Still boring, still old
  I was just rereading a post by Steve Yelvington — whom I used to call the smartest man in online journalism (and he may still be — it’s just that there are so many more people in it now, it’s hard to name just one). Steve’s post (A tablet revolution: It’s like it’s the ’70s all over again) has seve ...

Facing South

• One thing we're thankful for
  Thanksgiving is here, Facing South readers -- time to start your ovens, pick your football games and bone up on your Thanksgiving knowledge. It's also, of course, time to reflect on the people and things for which you're grateful. For us at Facing South, that's an easy one: We're thankful ...
• 5 top Election Watch 2010 stories at Facing South
  Thanks to our generous supporters (you can still donate today!), Facing South's Election Watch 2010 was a huge success. In case you missed them, here were some of the big stories we covered and broke about the changing Southern political landscape in 2010: 1 - HOW TO BUY A STATE LEGISLATURE ...
• After a long fight, the Senate funds justice for b ...
  Two years after Congress promised to help late petitioners in a federal discrimination lawsuit brought by black farmers, the Senate has finally approved the money. On Friday evening, the Senate allocated $1.15 billion to settle charges that the U.S. Department of Agriculture discriminated ...
• Hurricane recovery loans go to Baton Rouge refiner ...
  By Ariella Cohen, The Lens The Louisiana Bond Commission voted last week to issue ExxonMobil Corporation $12 million more in tax-free, low-interest bonds to finance an upgrade of the petro giant's Baton Rouge facility. The $12 million approved Thursday comes on top of $300 million in Gulf Oppo ...
• A huge win for clean energy in Kentucky
  Clean energy activists are elated over a big victory in the heart of coal country, where a Kentucky power cooperative has agreed to cancel plans to build a new coal-fired power plant. The East Kentucky Power Cooperative struck a deal with an alliance of grassroots activists and others to ...

Worldpress - Africa

• Preventing Maternal Deaths in West Africa
  Dr. Fredanna M'Cormack and her Bele Uman Project are working in Sierra Leone to save the lives of pregnant mothers and their babies.
• Interview with Kumi Naidoo
  The Greenpeace executive director talks about connections between the environment, poverty, peace, and how the interconnectedness of these issues can drive civil society.
• Zimbabweans Still Suffering
  On a daily basis, the people of Zimbabwe face starvation, poverty, corruption and oppression, and their government is highly unlikely to bail them out anytime soon.
• Re: Blood Diamonds: Still Bloody
  We are seeing a steadily growing tide of discontent with the Kimberley Process.
• Re: Conflict Minerals: the New Blood Diamonds
  I believe that the senators dont know the real issues on the ground and their well-intended legislation will be useless without knowledge of the actual situation.

Canadian Encyclopedia

• Trudeau, Pierre Elliott
  Pierre Elliott Trudeau, politician, writer, constitutional lawyer, prime minister of Canada 1968-79 and 1980-84 (b at Montr�al 18 Oct 1919; d at Montr�al 28 Sept 2000). Trudeau was born into a wealthy family, the
• World War II
  Memories of WWI - the tragic loss of life, the heavy burden of debt and the strain on the country's unity imposed by CONSCRIPTION- made Canadians, including politicians of all parties, loath to contemplate another such
• Group of Seven
  The Group of Seven was founded in 1920 as an organization of self-proclaimed modern artists. The original members - Franklin CARMICHAEL , Lawren HARRIS , A.Y. JACKSON , Franz JOHNSTON , Arthur LISMER , J.E.H.
• Winnipeg General Strike
  The Winnipeg General Strike, 15 May-25 June 1919, was Canada's best-known general strike. Massive unemployment and inflation, the success of the Russian Revolution (1917), a wave of strikes across Canada and rising
• War of 1812
  The war of 1812 was a military conflict between the United States and Great Britain. As a colony of Great Britain, Canada was swept up in the War of 1812 and was invaded a number of times by the Americans. The process of calling

How Can I Recycle This ?

• How can I reuse or recycle flat soda water or flat ...
  We’ve had an email from Ellie: I’ve found about half a dozen opened bottles of soda water and tonic water in the back of our drinks cupboard from last Christmas (I don’t know why there is so many!) They’re flat now but I know you can use soda water for stain removal so I wondered [...]
• How can I reuse or recycle the plastic bags from c ...
  Like tin foil the other week, I can’t believe we haven’t covered this one already. To extend the product shelf lift and to protect it from moisture, most breakfast cereal is wrapped in some sort of plastic – either a snug film wrapping or, more frequently, a plastic bag/liner – inside its cardboard ...
• Bike mudguards from plastic milk bottles
  Quentin has been in touch with this great idea: It always surprises me that these days many bicycles are supplied without mudguards. Anyhow, I’ve discovered for my children’s bicycles, that a very satisfactory set of mudguards can be made from a couple of 4 pint milk cartons, 5 x 15cm tie wraps and ...
• How can I repair a broken bra?
  After a couple of years of faithful service, one of my beloved bras has broken. It’s one of the two really quite expensive bras I own – they cost a lot of money but worth it — supportive, comfortable to wear and resulting in (what is I’ve been told is) a pleasant boob shape. Because [...]
• How can I reuse or recycle Brussels Sprout stalks/ ...
  Long time Recycle This-er Lizzy has asked about “the big brussels sprout stalk thing”: Any ideas for the big brussels sprout stalk things? Oh, and can you eat the leaves that are sometimes on top? I think the easiest thing to do here would be to reduce in the first place – don’t buy sprouts [...]